rsv Matthew:11:7-19 SEEK
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As they went away ,
Jesus began to speak to the crowds concerning John : "
What did you go out into the wilderness to behold ?
A reed shaken by the wind ?
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Why then did you go out ?
To see a man clothed in soft raiment ?
Behold ,
those who wear soft raiment are in kings '
houses .
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Why then did you go out ?
To see a prophet ?
Yes ,
I tell you ,
and more than a prophet .
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This is he of whom it is written , `
Behold ,
I send my messenger before thy face ,
who shall prepare thy way before thee .'
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Truly ,
I say to you ,
among those born of women there has risen no one greater than John the Baptist ;
yet he who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he .
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From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven has suffered violence ,
and men of violence take it by force .
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For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John ;
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and if you are willing to accept it ,
he is Eli '
jah who is 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 market places and calling to their playmates ,
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We piped to you ,
and you did not dance ;
we wailed ,
and you did not mourn .'
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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 ,
a glutton and a drunkard ,
a friend of tax collectors and sinners !'
Yet wisdom is justified by her deeds ."