Luke 7:24 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

When the messengers of John had gone, he began to speak to the crowds concerning John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to behold? A reed shaken by the wind?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And when the messengers of John were departed, he began to speak unto the people concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness for to see? A reed shaken with the wind?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And the messengers of John having departed, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: What did you go out into the desert to gaze on? A reed shaken and swayed by the wind?

American Standard Version (1901)

And when the messengers of John were departed, he began to say unto the multitudes concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to behold? a reed shaken with the wind?

Common English Bible

After John’s messengers were gone, Jesus spoke to the crowds about John. “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A stalk blowing in the wind?

Catholic Public Domain Version

And when the messengers of John had withdrawn, he began to speak about John to the crowds. "What did you go out to the desert to see? A reed shaken by the wind?

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And when the messengers of John were departed, he began to speak to the multitudes concerning John. What went ye out into the desert to see? a reed shaken with the wind?

Luke 7:24 Cross References

Genesis 49:4

Unstable as water, you shall not have pre-eminence because you went up to your father's bed; then you defiled it—you went up to my couch!

Luke 1:80

And the child grew and became strong in spirit, and he was in the wilderness till the day of his manifestation to Israel.

Luke 3:2

in the high-priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John the son of Zechariah in the wilderness;

Luke 7:23

And blessed is he who takes no offense at me.”

Luke 7:25

What then did you go out to see? A man clothed in soft clothing? Behold, those who are gorgeously appareled and live in luxury are in kings' courts.

John 1:23

He said, “I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way of the Lord,’ as the prophet Isaiah said.”

Ephesians 4:14

so that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the cunning of men, by their craftiness in deceitful wiles.

2 Peter 2:17

These are waterless springs and mists driven by a storm; for them the nether gloom of darkness has been reserved.

2 Peter 3:17

You therefore, beloved, knowing this beforehand, beware lest you be carried away with the error of lawless men and lose your own stability.