Luke / Question
Jesus answers John’s messengers by pointing to what they see and hear: the blind receive sight, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor have good news preached to them. He adds a blessing for the one who is not offended by him (Luke 7:22–23).
In Luke 7:18–23, John hears reports about what Jesus has been doing and sends two disciples to ask a direct question: is Jesus the expected “coming one,” or should they wait for someone else? Jesus does not answer with a title claim. This scene follows a run of public actions that generate strong impressions: Jesus has healed a centurion’s servant and raised a widow’s son, and his reputation is spreading. Those events set up why John’s disciples have “all these things” to report and why John feels the need to clarify what Jesus represents.
John is presented as a real leader with an ongoing movement: he has disciples, he receives reports, and he can send official messengers (verses 18–20). His question is focused: whether Jesus is “the coming one” or whether Israel should expect someone else (verses 19–20).
A careful answer keeps the immediate passage, the book's argument, and the whole-Bible storyline together, so the question is answered in context instead of as a detached idea.
Start with Luke 7:22-23, then read the surrounding section so the answer stays connected to the passage's flow.
22Jesus answered them, "Go and tell John the things which you have seen and heard: that the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them.
23Blessed is he who is not offended by me."