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Matthew 11:14-24

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14 If you are willing to receive it, this is Eliyah, who is to come.
14 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.
15 Whoever has ears, let them hear.
16 "But what will I compare this generation to? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces, who call to their companions
16 “To what can I compare this generation? They are like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling out to others:
17 and say, 'We played the flute for you, and you didn't dance. We mourned for you, and you didn't lament.'
17 “ ‘We played the pipe for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.’
18 For Yochanan came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, 'He has a demon.'
18 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 gluttonous man and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!' But wisdom is justified by her children."
19 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 denounce the cities in which most of his mighty works were done, because they didn't repent.
20 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, Kora'zin! Woe to you, Beit-Tzaidah! For if the mighty works had been done in Tzor and Tzidon which were done in you, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
21 “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 Tzor and Tzidon in the day of judgment than for you.
22 But I tell you, it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you.
23 You, Kafar-Nachum, who are exalted to Heaven, you will go down to She'ol. For if the mighty works had been done in Sedom which were done in you, it would have remained until this day.
23 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 it will be more tolerable for the land of Sedom, in the day of judgment, than for you."
24 But I tell you that it will be more bearable for Sodom on the day of judgment than for you.”
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