As these were going away, Jesus began to say to the multitudes concerning John: What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?

And when the messengers of John had departed, he began to say to the multitudes concerning John: What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?

A bruised reed he shall not break, and a smoking wick he shall not extinguish, till he shall send forth his law for conquest.

And a reed like a rod was given to me; and it was said: Rise and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and those who worship in it.