Luke:7:18-35
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And the disciples of John reported to him of all these things .
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And John calling two of his disciples sent to Jesus ,
saying ,
Art thou he that should come ?
or look we for another ?
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When the men had come to him ,
they said ,
John the Baptist hath sent us to thee ,
saying ,
Art thou he that should come ?
or look we for another ?
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And in that same hour he cured many of infirmities and afflictions ,
and of evil spirits ;
and to many blind he gave sight .
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Then Jesus answering said to them ,
Go ,
and tell John what things ye have seen and heard ;
that the blind see ,
the lame walk ,
lepers are cleansed ,
the deaf hear ,
the dead are raised ,
to the poor the gospel is preached .
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And blessed is ,
who shall not be offended because of me .
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And when the messengers of John had departed ,
he began to speak to the people concerning John ,
What went ye out into the wilderness to see ?
A reed shaken with the wind ?
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But what went ye out to see ?
A man clothed in soft raiment ?
Behold ,
they who are gorgeously apparelled ,
and live delicately ,
are in kings ’
courts .
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But what went ye out to see ?
A prophet ?
Yea ,
I say to you ,
and much more than a prophet .
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This is ,
concerning whom it is written ,
Behold ,
I send my messenger before thy face ,
who shall prepare thy way before thee .
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For I say to you ,
Among those that are born of women there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptist :
but he that is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he .
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And all the people that heard ,
and the tax collectors ,
justified God ,
being baptized with the baptism of John .
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But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves ,
being not baptized by him . (
note :)
rejected :
or ,
frustrated (:
note )
against …:
or ,
within themselves
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And the Lord said ,
To what then shall I liken the men of this generation ?
and to what are they like ?
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They are like children sitting in the marketplace ,
and calling one to another ,
and saying ,
We have piped to you ,
and ye have not danced ;
we have mourned to you ,
and ye have not wept .
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For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine ;
and ye say ,
He hath a demon .
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The Son of man is come eating and drinking ;
and ye say ,
Behold a gluttonous man ,
and a winebibber ,
a friend of tax collectors and sinners !
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But wisdom is justified by all her children .
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