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After Yeshua had finished instructing the twelve talmidim, he went on from there to teach and preach in the towns nearby.
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Meanwhile, Yochanan the Immerser, who had been put in prison, heard what the Messiah had been doing; so he sent a message to him through his talmidim,
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asking, "Are you the one who is to come, or should we look for someone else?"
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Yeshua answered, "Go and tell Yochanan what you are hearing and seeing --
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the blind are seeing again, the lame are walking, people with tzara'at are being cleansed, the deaf are hearing, the dead are being raised,y the Good News is being told to the poorz --
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and how blessed is anyone not offended by me!"
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As they were leaving, Yeshua began speaking about Yochanan to the crowds: "What did you go out to the desert to see? Reeds swaying in the breeze?
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No? Then what did you go out to see? Someone who was well dressed? Well-dressed people live in kings' palaces.
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Nu, so why did you go out? To see a prophet! Yes! and I tell you he's much more than a prophet.