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He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
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But to what shall I liken this generation? It is like to children sitting in the markets, and calling to their fellows,
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And saying, We have piped to you, and ye have not danced; We have mourned to you, and ye have not lamented.
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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, Behold, a man gluttonous, and a wine-bibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified by her children.
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Then he began to upbraid the cities in which most of his mighty works had been done, because they repented not.
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Woe to thee, Chorazin; woe to thee, Bethsaida: for if the mighty works which have been done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
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But I say to you, It shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment, than for you.
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And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted to heaven, shalt be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.
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But I say to you, that it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom, in the day of judgment, than for thee.
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At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them to babes.