The Darby Translation DBY
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14 And if ye will receive it, this is Elias, 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 that has ears to hear, let him hear.
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Whoever has ears, let them hear.
16 But to whom shall I liken this generation? It is like children sitting in the markets, which, 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 say, We have piped to you, and ye have not danced: we have mourned to you, and ye have not wailed.
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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 has come 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 has come eating and drinking, and they say, Behold, a man [that is] eating and wine-drinking, a friend of tax-gatherers, and of sinners: -- and wisdom has been 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 reproach the cities in which most of his works of power had taken place, because they had not repented.
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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 thee, Chorazin! woe to thee Bethsaida! for if the works of power which have taken place in you, had taken place in Tyre and Sidon, they had long ago repented 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, that it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in judgment-day 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*, Capernaum, who hast been raised up to heaven, shalt be brought down even to hades. For if the works of power which have taken place in thee, had taken place in Sodom, it had 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 judgment-day 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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