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`And, from the days of John the Baptist till now, the reign of the heavens doth suffer violence, and violent men do take it by force,
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for all the prophets and the law till John did prophesy,
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and if ye are willing to receive [it], he is Elijah who was about to come;
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he who is having ears to hear -- let him hear.
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`And to what shall I liken this generation? it is like little children in market-places, sitting and calling to their comrades,
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and saying, We piped unto you, and ye did not dance, we lamented to you, and ye did not smite the breast.
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`For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a demon;
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the Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, Lo, a man, a glutton, and a wine-drinker, a friend of tax-gatherers and sinners, and wisdom was justified of her children.'
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Then began he to reproach the cities in which were done most of his mighty works, because they did not reform.
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`Wo to thee, Chorazin! wo to thee, Bethsaida! because, if in Tyre and Sidon had been done the mighty works that were done in you, long ago in sackcloth and ashes they had reformed;
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but I say to you, to Tyre and Sidon it shall be more tolerable in a day of judgment than for you.