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Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation, and to what are they like?
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They are like unto children that sit in the marketplace, and call one to another; who say, We piped unto you, and ye did not dance; we wailed, and ye did not weep.
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For John the Baptist is come eating no bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a demon.
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The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold, a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!
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And wisdom is justified of all her children.
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And one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with him. And he entered into the Pharisee's house, and sat down to meat.
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And behold, a woman who was in the city, a sinner; and when she knew that he was sitting at meat in the Pharisee's house, she brought an alabaster cruse of ointment,
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and standing behind at his feet, weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears, and wiped them with the hair of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.
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Now when the Pharisee that had bidden him saw it, he spake within himself, saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would have perceived who and what manner of woman this is that toucheth him, that she is a sinner.
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And Jesus answering said unto him,
Simon, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And he saith, Teacher, say on.
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A certain lender had two debtors: the one owed five hundred shillings, and the other fifty.