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All the prophets and the law of Moses told about what would happen until the time John came.
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And if you will believe what they said, you will believe that John is Elijah, whom they said would come.
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You people who can hear me, listen!
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"What can I say about the people of this time? What are they like? They are like children sitting in the marketplace, who call out to each other,
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'We played music for you, but you did not dance; we sang a sad song, but you did not cry.'
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John came and did not eat or drink like other people. So people say, 'He has a demon.'
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The Son of Man came, eating and drinking, and people say, 'Look at him! He eats too much and drinks too much wine, and he is a friend of tax collectors and sinners.' But wisdom is proved to be right by what it does."
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Then Jesus criticized the cities where he did most of his miracles, because the people did not change their lives and stop sinning.
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He said, "How terrible for you, Korazin! How terrible for you, Bethsaida! If the same miracles I did in you had happened in Tyre and Sidon, those people would have changed their lives a long time ago. They would have worn rough cloth and put ashes on themselves to show they had changed.
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But I tell you, on the Judgment Day it will be better for Tyre and Sidon than for you.
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And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to heaven? No, you will be thrown down to the depths. If the miracles I did in you had happened in Sodom, its people would have stopped sinning, and it would still be a city today.