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When the men had come to him, they said, John the Baptist hath sent us to thee, saying, Art thou he that should come? or look we for another?
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And in that same hour he cured many of [their] infirmities, and diseases, and of evil spirits; and to many [that were] blind he gave sight.
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Then Jesus answering, said to them, Go, and tell John what things ye have seen and heard; that the blind see, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, to the poor the gospel is preached.
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And blessed is [he], to whom I shall not be a stumbling block.
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And when the messengers of John had departed, he began to speak to the people concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind?
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But what went ye out to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? behold, they who are gorgeously appareled, and live delicately, are in kings' courts.
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But what went ye out to see? A prophet? Yes, I say to you, and much more than a prophet.
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This is [he], concerning whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee.
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For I say to you, Among those that are born of women, there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptist: but he that is least in the kingdom of God, is greater than he.
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And all the people that heard [him], and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John.
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But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized by him.