Matthew 11:10–18
10For this is he, of whom it is written, ‘Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way before you.’↗
11Most certainly I tell you, among those who are born of women there has not arisen anyone greater than John the Baptizer; yet he who is least in the Kingdom of Heaven is greater than he.↗
12From the days of John the Baptizer until now, the Kingdom of Heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force.↗
13For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John.↗
14If you are willing to receive it, this is Elijah, who is to come.↗
15He who has ears to hear, let him hear.↗
16“But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces, who call to their companions↗
17and say, ‘We played the flute for you, and you didn’t dance. We mourned for you, and you didn’t lament.’↗
18For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon.’↗
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