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Matthew - ch 11 v 1 - 20
- And it came to pass, when Jesus had made an end of commanding his twelve disciples, he passed from thence, to teach and preach in their cities.
- Now when John had heard in prison the works of Christ: sending two of his disciples he said to him:
- Art thou he that art to come, or look we for another?
- And Jesus making answer said to them: Go and relate to John what you have heard and seen.
- The blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead rise again, the poor have the gospel preached to them.
- And blessed is he that shall not be scandalized in me.
- And when they went their way, Jesus began to say to the multitudes concerning John: What went you out into the desert to see? a reed shaken with the wind?
- But what went you out to see? a man clothed in soft garments? Behold they that are clothed in soft garments, are in the houses of kings.
- But what went you out to see? a prophet? yea I tell you, and more than a prophet.
- For this is he of whom it is written: Behold I send my angel before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee.
- Amen I say to you, there hath not risen among them that are born of women a greater than John the Baptist: yet he that is the lesser in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
- And from the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent bear it away.
- For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John:
- And if you will receive it, he is Elias that is to come.
- He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
- But whereunto shall I esteem this generation to be like? It is like to children sitting in the market place.
- Who crying to their companions say: We have piped to you, and you have not danced: we have lamented, and you have not mourned.
- For John came neither eating nor drinking; and they say: He hath a devil.
- The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say: Behold a man that is a glutton and a wine drinker, a friend of publicans and sinners. And wisdom is justified by her children.
- Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein were done the most of his miracles, for that they had not done penance.
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