Matthew 11:2
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Matt 11:2
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Now when John, while imprisoned, heard of the works of Christ, he sent {word} by his disciples
Matt 11:3
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and said to Him, "Are You the Expected One, or shall we look for someone else?"
Matt 11:4
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Jesus answered and said to them, "Go and report to John what you hear and see:
Matt 11:5
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{the} BLIND RECEIVE SIGHT and {the} lame walk, {the} lepers are cleansed and {the} deaf hear, {the} dead are raised up, and {the} POOR HAVE THE GOSPEL PREACHED TO THEM.
Matt 11:6
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~"And blessed is he who does not take offense at Me."
Matt 11:7
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As these men were going {away,} Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John, "What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?
Matt 11:8
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~"But what did you go out to see? A man dressed in soft {clothing?} Those who wear soft {clothing} are in kings' palaces!
Matt 11:9
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~"But what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and one who is more than a prophet.
Matt 11:10
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~"This is the one about whom it is written, `BEHOLD, I SEND MY MESSENGER AHEAD OF YOU, WHO WILL PREPARE YOUR WAY BEFORE YOU.'
Matt 11:11
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~"Truly I say to you, among those born of women there has not arisen {anyone} greater than John the Baptist! Yet the one who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
Matt 11:12
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~"From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and violent men take it by force.
Matt 11:13
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~"For all the prophets and the Law prophesied until John.
Matt 11:14
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~"And if you are willing to accept {it,} John himself is Elijah who was to come.
Matt 11:15
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~"He who has ears to hear, let him hear.
Matt 11:16
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"But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the market places, who call out to the other {children,}
Matt 11:17
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and say, `We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.'
Matt 11:18
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~"For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, `He has a demon!'
Matt 11:19
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~"The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, `Behold, a gluttonous man and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!' Yet wisdom is vindicated by her deeds."
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