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Jesus answered and said to them, Go and show John again those things which ye hear and see:
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The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.
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And blessed is [he] to whom I shall not be the cause of his falling into sin.
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And as they departed, Jesus began to say to the multitudes concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to see? a reed shaken with the wind?
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But what went ye out to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, they that wear soft [clothing] are in 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] concerning whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee.
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Verily, I say to you, among them that are born of women, there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist: notwithstanding, he that is least in the kingdom of heaven, is greater than he.
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And from the days of John the Baptist, until now, the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.
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For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John.
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And if ye will receive [it], this is Elijah who was to come.