Matthew 11:8-18

8 Really, what did you go to see? A man dressed in fine clothes? Those who wear fine clothes are in royal palaces.
9 "Really, what did you go to see? A prophet? Let me tell you that he is far more than a prophet.
10 John is the one about whom Scripture says, 'I'm sending my messenger ahead of you to prepare the way in front of you.'
11 "I can guarantee this truth: Of all the people ever born, no one is greater than John the Baptizer. Yet, the least important person in the kingdom of heaven is greater than John.
12 From the time of John the Baptizer until now, the kingdom of heaven has been forcefully advancing, and forceful people have been seizing it.
13 All the Prophets and Moses' Teachings prophesied up to the time of John.
14 If you are willing to accept their message, John is the Elijah who was to come.
15 Let the person who has ears listen!
16 "How can I describe the people who are living now? They are like children who sit in the marketplaces and shout to other children,
17 'We played music for you, but you didn't dance. We sang a funeral song, but you didn't show any sadness.'
18 "John came neither eating nor drinking, and people say, 'There's a demon in him!'
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