This passage has puzzled me. The story is pretty simple; John the Baptist sends some of his followers to talk to Jesus, to ask him if he is really the Messiah they have been waiting for, or if they should keep looking. Rather than getting into a bunch of theological jargon, which God's Son could probably do even better than most preachers, Jesus simply tells them to look around at what they see going on and decide for themselves. What they see is amazing; the blind are receiving sight, people who haven't walked in years are playing Ring-Around-the-Rosie, untouchable lepers are hugging and kissing their children, deaf people are standing over there swapping stories, some caskets are lying open over next to a big rock and the contents are up walking around, and the poor are hearing a sermon …