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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.
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For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a devil.
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The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Lo! a man a glutton, and a drinker of wine, and a friend of publicans and of sinful men [and friend of publicans and sinful men]. And wisdom is justified of her sons.
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Then Jesus began to say reproof to cities, in which full many works of power of him were done [in which full many virtues of him were done], for they did not penance.
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Woe to thee! Chorazin, woe to thee! Bethsaida; for if the works of power [for if the virtues] that be done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, sometime they had done penance in haircloth and ashes.
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Nevertheless I say to you, it shall be less pain to Tyre and Sidon in the day of doom, than to you.
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And thou, Capernaum, whether thou shalt be araised up into heaven? Thou shalt go down into hell. For if the works of power that be done in thee, had been done in Sodom, peradventure they should have dwelled till into this day. [And thou, Capernaum, whether till into heaven thou shalt be reared up? Thou shalt go down till into hell. For if the virtues that be done in thee, had been done in Sodom, peradventure they should have dwelled till unto this day.]
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Nevertheless I say to you, that to the land of Sodom it shall be less pain in the day of doom, than to thee.
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In that time Jesus answered, and said, I acknowledge to thee, Father, Lord of heaven and of earth, for thou hast hid these things from wise men, and ready [In that time, Jesus answering said, I acknowledge to thee, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for thou hast hid these things from wise men and prudent], and hast showed them to little children;
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so, Father, for so it was pleasing before thee.