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14 Indeed, if you are willing to accept it, he is Eliyahu, 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 If you have ears, then hear!
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Whoever has ears, let them hear.
16 "Oh, what can I compare this generation with? They're like children sitting in the marketplaces, calling out to each 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 made happy music, but you wouldn't dance! We made sad music, 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 For Yochanan came, fasting, not drinking -- so 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 freely and drinking wine -- so they say, `Aha! A glutton and a drunkard! A friend of tax-collectors and sinners!' Well, the proof of wisdom is in the actions it produces."
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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 Yeshua began to denounce the towns in which he had done most of his miracles, because the people had not turned from their sins to God.
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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, Korazin! Woe to you, Beit-Tzaidah! Why, if the miracles done in you had been done in Tzor and Tzidon, they would long ago have put on sackcloth and ashes as evidence that they had changed their ways.
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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 tell you it will be more bearable for Tzor and Tzidon than for you on the Day of Judgment!
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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, K'far-Nachum, will you be exalted to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Sh'ol!b For if the miracles done in you had been done in S'dom, 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 But I tell you that on the Day of Judgment it will be more bearable for the land of S'dom 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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