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Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath not arisen a greater than John the Baptist: yet he that is but little 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 men of violence 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 are willing to receive [it,] this is Elijah, that is to come.
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But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the marketplaces, who call unto their fellows
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and say, We piped unto you, and ye did not dance; we wailed, and ye did not mourn.
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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 gluttonous man and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners! And wisdom is justified by her works.
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Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done, because they repented not.
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Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon which were done in you, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.