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14 And if you are willing to receive it, he is Elijah who is to come.
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And if you are willing to accept it, he is the Elijah who was to come.
15 He who has ears to hear, let him hear!
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Whoever has ears, let them hear.
16 But to what shall I liken this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling to their companions,
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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 and saying: 'We played the flute for you, And you did not dance; We mourned to you, And you did not lament.'
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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 For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, 'He has a demon.'
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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 they say, 'Look, a glutton and a winebibber, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!' But wisdom is justified by her children."
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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 He began to rebuke the cities in which most of His mighty works had been done, because they did not repent:
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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 "Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works which were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented 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 But I say to you, it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the day of judgment 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, who are exalted to heaven, will be brought down to Hades; for if the mighty works which were done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.
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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 But I say to you that it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment 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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