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?

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.