Lucas 7

24 And the messengers of John having gone away, He began to say to the multitudes concerning John: "What have you gone forth into the wilderness to look on? A reed shaken by the wind? 25 But what have you gone forth to see? A man clothed in soft garments? Behold, they in splendid clothing, and living in luxury, are in the houses of kings! 26 But what have you gone forth to see? A prophet? Yes, I say to you, and much more than a prophet: 27 this is he concerning whom it has been written: Behold, I send My messenger before Your face, who will prepare Your way before You; 28 for I say to you, there is not a greater prophet, among those born of women, than John the Immerser; but the least in the Kingdom of God is greater than he." 29 And all the people having heard, and the tax collectors, declared God righteous, having been immersed with the immersion of John, 30 but the Pharisees and the lawyers put away the counsel of God for themselves, having not been immersed by him.