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14 And if you will receive it, he is Elias that 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 that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
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Whoever has ears, let them hear.
16 But whereunto shall I esteem this generation to be like? It is like to children sitting in the market place.
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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 Who crying to their companions say: We have piped to you, and you have not danced: we have lamented, and you have not mourned.
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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 hath a devil.
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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: Behold a man that is a glutton and a wine drinker, a friend of publicans and sinners. And 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 began he to upbraid the cities wherein were done the most of his miracles, for that they had not done penance.
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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 thee, Corozain, woe to thee, Bethsaida: for if in Tyre and Sidon had been wrought the miracles that have been wrought in you, they had long ago done penance 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 unto you, it shall 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 thou Capharnaum, shalt thou be exalted up to heaven? thou shalt go down even unto hell. For if in Sodom had been wrought the miracles that have been wrought in thee, perhaps it had remained unto 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 unto you, that it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment than for thee.
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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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