7 ¶ And as they departed, Iesus began to say vnto the multitudes concerning Iohn, what went ye out into the wildernesse to see? a reede shaken with the winde?
8 But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, they that weare soft cloathing, are in kings houses.
9 But what went ye out for to see? A Prophet? yea, I say vnto you, and more then a Prophet.
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.
11 Uerely I say vnto you, Among them that are borne of women, there hath not risen a greater then Iohn the Baptist: notwithstanding, hee that is least in the kingdome of heauen, is greater then he.
12 And from the dayes of Iohn the Baptist, vntill now, the kingdome of heauen suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.
13 For all the Prophets, and the Law prophecied vntill Iohn.
14 And if ye wil receiue it, this is Elias which was for to come.
15 Hee that hath eares to heare, let him heare.
16 ¶ But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like vnto children, sitting in the markets, and calling vnto their fellowes,
17 And saying, we haue piped vnto you, and ye haue not danced: wee haue mourned vnto you, and ye haue not lamented.
18 For Iohn came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, he hath a deuill.
19 The sonne of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a wine bibber, a friend of publicanes and sinners: but wisedom is iustified of her children.
Mt 11:7-19
Jesus Praises John the Baptist. (1769). Holy Bible: Gospel According to Mark; Authorized King James Version, Pure Cambridge Edition. Oxford, England.
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