Luke 7:22-35
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22 Then Jesus answering said unto them, Go your way, and tell John what things ye have seen and heard; how that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, to the poor the gospel is preached.
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23 And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me.
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24 And when the messengers of John were departed, he began to speak unto the people concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness for to see? A reed shaken with the wind?
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25 But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, they which are gorgeously apparelled, and live delicately, are in kings' courts.
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26 But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? Yea, I say unto you, and much more than a prophet.
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27 This is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
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28 For I say unto 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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29 And all the people that heard him, and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John.
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30 But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized of him.
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31 And the Lord said, Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like?
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32 They are like unto children sitting in the marketplace, and calling one to another, and saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned to you, and ye have not wept.
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33 For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a devil.
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34 The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!
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35 But wisdom is justified of all her children.