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14 If you are willing to accept their message, John is the Elijah who was to come.
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And if you are willing to accept it, he is the Elijah who was to come.
15 Let the person who has ears listen!
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Whoever has ears, let them hear.
16 "How can I describe the people who are living now? They are like children who sit in the marketplaces and shout to other children,
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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 music for you, but you didn't dance. We sang a funeral song, but you didn't show any sadness.'
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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 "John came neither eating nor drinking, and people say, 'There's a demon in him!'
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For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon.’
19 The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and people say, 'Look at him! He's a glutton and a drunk, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!' "Yet, wisdom is proved right by its actions."
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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 Then Jesus denounced the cities where he had worked most of his miracles because they had not changed the way they thought and acted.
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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 horrible it will be for you, Chorazin! How horrible it will be for you, Bethsaida! If the miracles worked in you had been worked in Tyre and Sidon, they would have changed the way they thought and acted long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
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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 can guarantee that judgment day will be better for Tyre and Sidon than for 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 you, Capernaum, will you be lifted to heaven? No, you will go down to hell! If the miracles that had been worked in you had been worked in Sodom, it would still be there 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 I can guarantee that judgment day will be better for Sodom than for 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.”
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