John the Baptist, who was in prison, heard about all the things the Messiah was doing. So he sent his disciples to ask Jesus,

约翰在监里听见基督所做的事，就打发两个门徒去，

约翰在监狱里听见基督所做的事，就派他的门徒去，

约翰在监狱里听见基督所做的事，就派他的门徒去，

约翰在监狱中听到基督所做的事，就差两个门徒去问祂：

约翰在监狱里听见基督所作的，就派门徒去问他：

约翰在监狱里听说了基督所做的事，就派自己的几个门徒去

約翰在監裏聽見基督所做的事，就打發兩個門徒去，

約翰在監獄裏聽見基督所做的事，就派他的門徒去，

約翰在監獄裏聽見基督所做的事，就派他的門徒去，

約翰在監獄中聽到基督所做的事，就差兩個門徒去問祂：

約翰在監獄裡聽見基督所作的，就派門徒去問他：

約翰在監獄裏聽見基督的事工，就打發門徒，

約翰在監獄裡聽說了基督所做的事，就派自己的幾個門徒去

約翰在獄、聞基督所行、則遣其徒問之、

約翰在獄、聞基督行事、

約翰在獄、聞基督所行之事、乃遣二門徒、

如望在縲絏中、聞耶穌所行、遣二徒問曰：

When John, who was in prison, heard about the deeds of the Messiah, he sent his disciples

John the Baptist was in prison. When he heard about the actions of the Messiah, he sent his disciples to him.

Now when John heard in prison about the deeds of the Christ, he sent word by his disciples

Now when John heard in prison what the Christ was doing, he sent a message through his disciples

Now while in prison, John heard about the works of Christ, and he sent word by his disciples,

And when John had heard in prison about the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples

Now when John heard in the prison the works of the Christ, he sent by his disciples

When John heard in prison what the Messiah was doing, he sent a message by his disciples

Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples,

Now when John heard in prison about the deeds Christ had done, he sent his disciples to ask a question:

Now when John heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples

For Herod had arrested and imprisoned John as a favor to his wife Herodias( the former wife of Herod’s brother Philip).

For Herod had sent soldiers to arrest and imprison John as a favor to Herodias. She had been his brother Philip’s wife, but Herod had married her.

When Jesus heard that John had been arrested, he left Judea and returned to Galilee.

One day the disciples of John the Baptist came to Jesus and asked him,“ Why don’t your disciples fast like we do and the Pharisees do?”

Jesus knew the Pharisees had heard that he was baptizing and making more disciples than John

While Apollos was in Corinth, Paul traveled through the interior regions until he reached Ephesus, on the coast, where he found several believers.“ Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” he asked them.“ No,” they replied,“ we haven’t even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.”“ Then what baptism did you experience?” he asked. And they replied,“ The baptism of John.”

John also publicly criticized Herod Antipas, the ruler of Galilee, for marrying Herodias, his brother’s wife, and for many other wrongs he had done.

All those listed above include fourteen generations from Abraham to David, fourteen from David to the Babylonian exile, and fourteen from the Babylonian exile to the Messiah.

( This was before John was thrown into prison.)A debate broke out between John’s disciples and a certain Jew over ceremonial cleansing.So John’s disciples came to him and said,“ Rabbi, the man you met on the other side of the Jordan River, the one you identified as the Messiah, is also baptizing people. And everybody is going to him instead of coming to us.”John replied,“ No one can receive anything unless God gives it from heaven.You yourselves know how plainly I told you,‘ I am not the Messiah. I am only here to prepare the way for him.’

The disciples of John the Baptist told John about everything Jesus was doing. So John called for two of his disciples,and he sent them to the Lord to ask him,“ Are you the Messiah we’ve been expecting, or should we keep looking for someone else?”John’s two disciples found Jesus and said to him,“ John the Baptist sent us to ask,‘ Are you the Messiah we’ve been expecting, or should we keep looking for someone else?’”At that very time, Jesus cured many people of their diseases, illnesses, and evil spirits, and he restored sight to many who were blind.Then he told John’s disciples,“ Go back to John and tell him what you have seen and heard— the blind see, the lame walk, those with leprosy are cured, the deaf hear, the dead are raised to life, and the Good News is being preached to the poor.”And he added,“ God blesses those who do not fall away because of me.”After John’s disciples left, Jesus began talking about him to the crowds.“ What kind of man did you go into the wilderness to see? Was he a weak reed, swayed by every breath of wind?Or were you expecting to see a man dressed in expensive clothes? No, people who wear beautiful clothes and live in luxury are found in palaces.Were you looking for a prophet? Yes, and he is more than a prophet.John is the man to whom the Scriptures refer when they say,‘ Look, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, and he will prepare your way before you.’I tell you, of all who have ever lived, none is greater than John. Yet even the least person in the Kingdom of God is greater than he is!”When they heard this, all the people— even the tax collectors— agreed that God’s way was right, for they had been baptized by John.But the Pharisees and experts in religious law rejected God’s plan for them, for they had refused John’s baptism.“ To what can I compare the people of this generation?” Jesus asked.“ How can I describe them?They are like children playing a game in the public square. They complain to their friends,‘ We played wedding songs, and you didn’t dance, so we played funeral songs, and you didn’t weep.’For John the Baptist didn’t spend his time eating bread or drinking wine, and you say,‘ He’s possessed by a demon.’The Son of Man, on the other hand, feasts and drinks, and you say,‘ He’s a glutton and a drunkard, and a friend of tax collectors and other sinners!’But wisdom is shown to be right by the lives of those who follow it.”