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14 and if you are willing to believe their message, John is Elijah, whose coming was predicted.
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And if you are willing to accept it, he is the Elijah who was to come.
15 Listen, then, if you have ears!
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Whoever has ears, let them hear.
16 "Now, to what can I compare the people of this day? They are like children sitting in the marketplace. One group shouts to the other,
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“To what can I compare this generation? They are like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling out to others:
17 "We played wedding music for you, but you wouldn't dance! We sang funeral songs, but you wouldn't cry!'
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“ ‘We played the pipe for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.’
18 When John came, he fasted and drank no wine, and everyone said, "He has a demon in him!'
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For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon.’
19 When the Son of Man came, he ate and drank, and everyone said, "Look at this man! He is a glutton and wine drinker, a friend of tax collectors and other outcasts!' God's wisdom, however, is shown to be true by its results."
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The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.’ But wisdom is proved right by her deeds.”
20 The people in the towns where Jesus had performed most of his miracles did not turn from their sins, so he reproached those towns.
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Then Jesus began to denounce the towns in which most of his miracles had been performed, because they did not repent.
21 "How terrible it will be for you, Chorazin! How terrible for you too, Bethsaida! If the miracles which were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, the people there would have long ago put on sackcloth and sprinkled ashes on themselves, to show that they had turned from their sins!
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“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
22 I assure you that on the Judgment Day God will show more mercy to the people of Tyre and Sidon than to you!
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But I tell you, it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you.
23 And as for you, Capernaum! Did you want to lift yourself up to heaven? You will be thrown down to hell! If the miracles which were performed in you had been performed in Sodom, it would still be in existence today!
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And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted to the heavens? No, you will go down to Hades.For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Sodom, it would have remained to this day.
24 You can be sure that on the Judgment Day God will show more mercy to Sodom than to you!"
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But I tell you that it will be more bearable for Sodom on the day of judgment than for you.”
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.
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