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And when they were gone away, Jesus began to say of John to the people [Jesus began to say of John to the companies], What thing went ye out into desert to see? a reed waved with the wind?
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Or what thing went ye out to see? a man clothed with soft clothes [But what thing went ye out to see? whether a man clothed with soft clothings]? Lo! they that be clothed with soft clothes be in the houses of kings.
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But what thing went ye out to see? a prophet? Yea, I say to you, and more than a prophet.
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For this is he, of whom it is written, Lo! I send mine angel before thy face, that shall make ready thy way before thee [which shall make ready thy way before thee].
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Truly I say to you, there rose none more than John Baptist among the children of women; but he that is less in the kingdom of heavens, is more than he. [Truly I say to you, none rose greater than John Baptist among the sons of women; forsooth he that is the least in the kingdom of heavens, is more than he.]
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And from the days of John Baptist till now the kingdom of heavens suffereth violence, and violent men snatch it.
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For all [the] prophets and the law till John prophesied;
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and if ye will receive, he is Elias that is to come.
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He that hath ears of hearing, hear he.
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But to whom shall I guess this generation like? It is like to children sitting in the market, that cry to their peers [which, crying to their peers],
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and say [say], We have sung to you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned to you, and ye have not wailed.