Matthew 11:9-19
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9 But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? yea, I say unto you, and more than a prophet.
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10 For 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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11 Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist: notwithstanding he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
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12 And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.
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13 For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John.
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14 And if ye will receive it, this is Elias, which was for to come.
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15 He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
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16 But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the markets, and calling unto their fellows,
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17 And saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented.
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18 For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a devil.
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19 The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified of her children.