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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.
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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.