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but what have ye gone forth to see? a man in soft garments clothed? lo, they in splendid apparellings, and living in luxury, are in the houses of kings!
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`But what have ye gone forth to see? a prophet? Yes, I say to you, and much more than a prophet:
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this is he concerning whom it hath been written, Lo, I send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee;
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for I say to you, a greater prophet, among those born of women, than John the Baptist there is not; but the least in the reign of God is greater than he.'
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And all the people having heard, and the tax-gatherers, declared God righteous, having been baptized with the baptism of John,
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