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In that hour he cured many of diseases and plagues and evil spirits; and on many that were blind he bestowed sight.
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And he answered and said unto them, Go and tell John the things which ye have seen and heard; the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, the poor have good tidings preached to them.
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And blessed is he, whosoever shall find no occasion of stumbling in me.
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And when the messengers of John were departed, he began to say unto the multitudes concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to behold? 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 are gorgeously apparelled, and live delicately, are in kings' courts.
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But what went ye out to see? a prophet? Yea, I say unto you, and much more than a prophet.
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This is he of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, Who shall prepare thy way before thee.
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I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there is none greater than John: yet he that is but little in the kingdom of God is greater than he.
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And all the people when they heard, and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John.
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But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected for themselves the counsel of God, being not baptized of him.
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Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation, and to what are they like?