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Yes! I tell you that among those born of women there has not arisen anyone greater than Yochanan the Immerser! Yet the one who is least in the Kingdom of Heaven is greater than he!
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From the time of Yochanan the Immerser until now, the Kingdom of Heaven has been suffering violence; yes, violent ones are trying to snatch it away.
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For all the prophets and the Torah prophesied until Yochanan.
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Indeed, if you are willing to accept it, he is Eliyahu, whose coming was predicted.
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If you have ears, then hear!
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"Oh, what can I compare this generation with? They're like children sitting in the marketplaces, calling out to each other,
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`We made happy music, but you wouldn't dance! We made sad music, but you wouldn't cry!'
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For Yochanan came, fasting, not drinking -- so they say, `He has a demon.'
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The Son of Man came, eating freely and drinking wine -- so they say, `Aha! A glutton and a drunkard! A friend of tax-collectors and sinners!' Well, the proof of wisdom is in the actions it produces."
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Then Yeshua began to denounce the towns in which he had done most of his miracles, because the people had not turned from their sins to God.
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"Woe to you, Korazin! Woe to you, Beit-Tzaidah! Why, if the miracles done in you had been done in Tzor and Tzidon, they would long ago have put on sackcloth and ashes as evidence that they had changed their ways.