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And it came to pass when Jesus finished directing his twelve disciples ,
he departed from there to teach and preach in their cities .
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Now when John heard in the prison the works of the Christ ,
having sent two of his disciples ,
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he said to him ,
Are thou he who comes ,
or do we look for another ?
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And having answered ,
Jesus said to them ,
After going ,
report to John the things that ye hear and see :
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the blind receive their sight ,
and the lame walk ,
the lepers are cleansed ,
and the deaf hear ,
and the dead are raised up ,
and the poor are proclaimed good-news .
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And blessed is he ,
whoever will not be caused to stumble by me .
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And while those men departed ,
Jesus began to say to the multitudes about John ,
What did ye go out into the wilderness to see ?
A reed shaken with the wind ?
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But what did ye go out to see ?
A man clothed in delicate clothes ?
Behold ,
those wearing delicate things are in king '
s houses .
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But what did ye go out to see ?
A prophet ?
Yea ,
I say to you ,
and more than a prophet .
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For this is he about whom it is written ,
Behold ,
I send my messenger before thy face who will prepare thy way before thee .
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Truly I say to you ,
among men born of women there has not been raised a greater than John the immerser .
Yet the smaller in the kingdom of the heavens is greater than he .
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And from the days of John the immerser until now the kingdom of the heavens is treated aggressively ,
and aggressors seize it .
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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 ,
he is Elijah who is going to come .
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He who has ears to hear ,
let him hear .
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But to what shall I compare this generation ?
It is like children sitting in the marketplaces ,
calling to their companions ,
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and saying ,
We piped to you ,
and ye did not dance ,
we mourned to you ,
and ye did not beat the breast .
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For John came neither eating nor drinking ,
and they say ,
He has a demon .
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The Son of man came eating and drinking ,
and they say ,
Behold the man ,
a glutton and a drunkard ,
a friend of tax collectors and sinners !
And wisdom is justified from her children .