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John '
s disciples told him about all these things .
So John called two of his disciples
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and sent them to the Lord to ask , “
Are you the Coming One ,
or should we wait for someone else ?”
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When the men had come to him ,
they said , “
John the Baptist has sent us to you to ask , ‘
Are you the Coming One ,
or should we wait for someone else ?’”
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At that time Jesus had healed many people of diseases ,
plagues ,
and evil spirits and had given sight to many who were blind .
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So he answered them ,“
Go and tell John what you have observed and heard :
the blind see ,
the lame walk ,
lepers are cleansed ,
the deaf hear again ,
the dead are raised ,
and the destitute hear the good news .
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How blessed is anyone who is not offended by me !”
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When John '
s messengers had gone ,
Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John .“
What did you go out into the wilderness to see ?
A reed shaken by the wind ?
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Really ,
what did you go out to see ?
A man dressed in fancy clothes ?
See ,
those who wear fine clothes and live in luxury are in royal palaces .
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Really ,
what did you go out to see ?
A prophet ?
Yes ,
I tell you ,
and even more than a prophet !
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Thisis the man about whom it is written ,‘
See ,
I am sending my messenger ahead of you ,
who will prepare your way before you .’
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I tell you ,
among those born of women no one is greater than John .
Yet even the least important person in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he .”
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All the people who heard this ,
including the tax collectors ,
acknowledged the justice of God ,
for they had been baptized with John '
s baptism .
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But the Pharisees and the experts in the law rejected God '
s plan for themselves by refusing to be baptized by him .
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To what can I compare the people of this generation ?
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Theyare like little children who sit in the marketplace and shout to each other ,‘
A wedding song we played for you ,
the dance you did but scorn .
A woeful dirge we chanted ,
too ,
but then you did not mourn .’
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For John the Baptist has come neither eating bread nor drinking wine ,
yet you say , ‘
He has a demon !’
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The Son of Man has come eating and drinking ,
and you say , ‘
Look ,
a glutton and a drunk ,
a friend of tax collectors and sinners !’
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Absolved from every act of sin ,
is wisdom by her kith and kin .”