Jesus
And John The Baptist
After
Jesus had finished instructing His Twelve Disciples,
He
went on from there
To
Teach and Preach in the towns of Galilee.
2
When John heard in Prison what Christ was doing,
He
sent his disciples to ask Him,
3
ARE YOU THE ONE WHO WAS TO COME,
OR
SHOULD WE EXPECT SOMEONE ELSE?'
4
Jesus replied,
'GO
BACK AND REPORT TO JOHN WHAT YOU HEAR AND SEE:
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THE BLIND RECEIVE SIGHT, THE LAME WALK,
THOSE
WHO HAVE LEPROSY ARE CURED,
THE
DEAF HEAR, THE DEAD ARE RAISED,
AND
THE GOOD NEWS IS PREACHED TO THE POOR.
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BLESSED IS THE MAN
WHO
DOES NOT FALL AWAY ON ACOUNT OF ME.'
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As John's disciples were leaving,
Jesus
began to speak to the Crowd about John:
WHAT
DID YOU GO OUT INTOTHE DESERT TO SEE?
A
REED SWAYED BY THE WIND?
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IF NOT, WHAT DID YOU GO OUT TO SEE?
A
MAN DRESSED IN FINE CLOTHES?
NO,
THOSE WHO WEAR FINE CLOTHES
ARE
IN KINGS' PALACES.
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THEN WHAT DID YOU GO OUT TO SEE?
A
PROPHET?
YES,
I TELL YOU, AND MORE THAN A PROPHET.
10
THIS IS THE ONE ABOUT WHOM IT IS WRITTEN:
'I
will send My Messenger ahead of You,
Who
will Prepare Your way before You.'
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I TELL YOU THE TRUTH:
AMONG
THOSE BORN OF WOMEN
THERE
HAS NOT RISEN ANYONE GREATER
THAN
JOHN THE BAPTIST;
YET
HE WHO IS LEAST IN THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN
IS
GREATER THAN HE.
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FROM THE DAYS OF JOHN THE BAPTIST UNTIL NOW,
THE
KINGDOM OF HEAVEN HAS BEEN FORECFILLY ADVANCING,
AND
FORCEFUL MEN LAY HOLD OF IT.
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FOR ALL THE PROPHETS AND THE LAW
PROPHESIED
UNTIL JOHN.
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AND IF YOU ARE WILLING TO ACCEPT IT,
HE
IS ELIJAH WHO WAS TO COME.
HE
WHO HAS EARS, LET HIM HEAR.
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To what can I compare this Generation?
They
are like children sitting in the marketplaces
And
calling out to others:
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'We played the flute for you,
And
you did not dance;
We
sang a Dirge,
And
you did not Mourn.'
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FOR JOHN CAME NEITHER EATING NOR DRINKING,
AND
THEY SAY, 'HE HAS A DEMON.'
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THE SON OF MAN CAME EATING AND DRINKING,
AND
THEY SAY, 'HERE IS A GLUTTON AND A DRUNKARD,
A
FRIEND OF TAX COLLECTORS AND 'SINNERS.'
BUT
WISDOM IS PROVED RIGHT BY HER ACTIONS.
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Then Jesus began to Denounce the Cities
In
which most of His Miracles had been Performed,
BECASUE
THEY DID NOT REPENT.
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WOE TO YOU, KORAZIN!
WOE
TO YOU, BETHSAIDA!
IF
THE MIRACLES THAT WERE PREFORMED IN YOU
HAD
BEEN PERFORMED IN TYRE AND SIDON,
THEY
WOULD HAVE REPENTED LONG AGO
IN
SACKCLOTH AND ASHES.
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BUT I TELL YOU,
IT
WILL BE MORE BEARABLE FOR TYRE AND SIDON
ON
THE DAY OF JUDGMENT
THAN
FOR YOU.
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AND YOU CAPERNAUM,
WILL
YOU BELIFTED UP TO THE SKIES?
NO,
YOU WILL GO DOWN TO THE DEPTHS.
IF
THE MIRACLES THAT WERE PERFORMED IN YOU
HAD
BEEN PERFORMED IN SODOM,
IT
WOULD HAVE REMAIND TO THIS DAY.
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BUT I TELL YOU
THAT
IT WILL BE MORE BEARABLE FOR SODOM
ON
THE DAY OF JUDGMENT
THAN
FOR YOU.
Rest
For The Weary
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At that time Jesus said,
I
PRAISE YOU, FATHER, LORD OF HEAVEN AND EARTH,
BECAUSE
YOU HAVE HIDDEN THESE THINGS
FROM
THE WISE AND LEARNED,
AND
REVEALED THEM TO LITTLE CHILDREN.
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YES, FATHER, FOR THIS WAS YOUR GOOD PLEASURE.
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ALL THINGS HAVE BEEN COMMITTED TO ME
BY
MY FATHER,
NO
ONE KNOWS THE SON EXCEPT THE FATHER,
AND
NO ONE KNOWS THE FATHER EXCEPT THE SON
AND
THOSE TO WHOM THE SON CHOOSES TO REVEAL HIM.
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COME TO ME,
ALL
WHO ARE WEARY AND BURDENED,
AND
I WILL GIVE YOU REST.
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TAKE MY YOKE UPON YOU
AND
LEARN FROM ME,
FOR
I AM GENTLE AND HUMBLE IN HEART,
AND
YOU WILL FIND REST FOR YOUR SOUL.
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FOR MY YOKE IS EASY
AND
MY BURDEN IS LIGHT.
(Matthew
11)
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