Show Don't Tell: Matthew 11:7-15

Instead of saying "Jesus praised John the Baptist," hear the rhetorical questions. As John's messengers leave, Jesus turns to the crowd: "What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed swayed by the wind?" That's no compliment—a politician bending to pressure. "A man dressed in fine clothes?" Those are in palaces, not prisons. "A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet."…