{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"December 14, 2025 \u2013 Matthew 11: 2-11\u00a0 \u2013 by Pastor Beth Ann Stone","description":"2\u2006When John heard in prison what the Messiah was doing, he sent word by his disciples\u202f3\u2006and said to him, \u201cAre you the one who is to come, or are we to wait for another?\u201d\u202f4\u2006Jesus answered them, \u201cGo and tell John what you hear and see:\u202f5\u2006the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, those with a skin disease are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor have good news brought to them.\u202f6\u2006And blessed is anyone who takes no offense at me.\u201d  \u2003\u202f7\u2006As they went away, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: \u201cWhat did you go out into the wilderness to look at? A reed shaken by the wind?\u202f8\u2006What, then, did you go out to see? Someone dressed in soft robes? Look, those who wear soft robes are in royal palaces.\u202f9\u2006What, then, did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet.\u202f10\u2006This is the one about whom it is written, \u2003\u2018See, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, \u2003\u2003who will prepare your way before you.\u2019 11\u2006\u201cTruly I tell you, among those born of women no one has arisen greater than John the Baptist, yet the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.\u201d  ","author_name":"Mount Pleasant Lutheran Church","author_url":"https:\/\/spaceshipchurch.org","html":"