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And John having heard in the prison the works of the Christ, having sent two of his disciples,
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said to him, `Art thou He who is coming, or for another do we look?'
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And Jesus answering said to them, `Having gone, declare to John the things that ye hear and see,
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blind receive sight, and lame walk, lepers are cleansed, and deaf hear, dead are raised, and poor have good news proclaimed,
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and happy is he who may not be stumbled in me.'
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And as they are going, Jesus began to say to the multitudes concerning John, `What went ye out to the wilderness to view? -- a reed shaken by the wind?
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`But what went ye out to see? -- a man clothed in soft garments? lo, those wearing the soft things are in the kings' houses.
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`But what went ye out to see? -- a prophet? yes, I say to you, and more than a prophet,
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for this is he of whom it hath been written, Lo, I do send My messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee.
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Verily I say to you, there hath not risen, among those born of women, a greater than John the Baptist, but he who is least in the reign of the heavens is greater than he.
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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,