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14 if you're willing to accept it, he is the 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 Anyone who has ears should listen!
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Whoever has ears, let them hear.
16 "To what should I compare this generation? It's like children sitting in the marketplaces who call 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 played the flute for you, but you didn't dance; we sang a lament, but you didn't mourn!
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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 did not come eating or 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 drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!' Yet wisdom is vindicated by her deeds."
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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 proceeded to denounce the towns where most of His miracles were 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 miracles that were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented in sackcloth and ashes long ago!
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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 tolerable for Tyre and Sidon on 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, will you be exalted to heaven? You will go down to Hades. For if the miracles that were done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until 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, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom on 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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