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For 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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Verily I say unto you, Among those that are born of women there has not risen a greater than John the Baptist; notwithstanding, he that is least in the kingdom of the heavens is greater than he.
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From the days of John the Baptist until now, life is given unto the kingdom of the heavens, and the valiant take hold of it.
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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 that Elijah who was to come.
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He that has ears to hear, let him hear.
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But unto whom shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the markets and shouting unto their fellows
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and saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented.
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For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He has a devil.
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The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a gluttonous man and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified by her children.
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Then he began to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done because they repented not: