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But John, having heard in the prison the works of the Christ, sent by his disciples,
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and said to him, Art *thou* the coming [one]? or are we to wait for another?
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And Jesus answering said to them, Go, report to John what ye hear and see.
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Blind [men] see and lame walk; lepers are cleansed, and deaf hear; and dead are raised, and poor have glad tidings preached to them:
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and blessed is whosoever shall not be offended in me.
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But as they went [away], Jesus began to say to the crowds concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to see? a reed moved about by the wind?
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But what went ye out to see? a man clothed in delicate raiment? behold, those who wear delicate things are in the houses of kings.
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But what went ye out to see? a prophet? Yea, I say to you, and more than a prophet:
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this is he of whom it is written, Behold, *I* send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee.
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Verily I say to you, that there is not arisen among [the] born of women a greater than John the baptist. But he who is a little one in the kingdom of the heavens is greater than he.
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But from the days of John the baptist until now, the kingdom of the heavens is taken by violence, and [the] violent seize on it.