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And from the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent bear it away.
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For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John:
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And if you will receive it, he is Elias that is to come.
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He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
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But whereunto shall I esteem this generation to be like? It is like to children sitting in the market place.
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Who crying to their companions say: We have piped to you, and you have not danced: we have lamented, and you have not mourned.
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For John came neither eating nor drinking; and they say: He hath a devil.
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The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say: Behold a man that is a glutton and a wine drinker, a friend of publicans and sinners. And wisdom is justified by her children.
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Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein were done the most of his miracles, for that they had not done penance.
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Woe thee, Corozain, woe to thee, Bethsaida: for if in Tyre and Sidon had been wrought the miracles that have been wrought in you, they had long ago done penance in sackcloth and ashes.
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But I say unto you, it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the day of judgment, than for you.