40:011:009 But what went ye out for to see? A
prophet? yea, I say unto
you,
and more than a prophet.
40:011:010 For this is he, of whom it is written,
Behold, I send my
messenger
before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before
thee.
40:011:011 Verily I say unto you, Among them that
are born of women there
hath
not risen a greater than John the Baptist:
notwithstanding
he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is
greater
than he.
40:011:012 And from the days of John the Baptist until
now the kingdom of
heaven
suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.
40:011:013 For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John.
40:011:014 And if ye will receive it, this is Elias,
which was for to
come.
40:011:015 He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
40:011:016 But whereunto shall I liken this generation?
It is like unto
children
sitting in the markets, and calling unto their
fellows,
40:011:017 And saying, We have piped unto you, and
ye have not danced; we
have
mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented.
40:011:018 For John came neither eating nor drinking,
and they say, He
hath
a devil.
40:011:019 The Son of man came eating and drinking,
and they say, Behold
a
man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans
and
sinners.
But wisdom is justified of her children.
40:011:020 Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein
most of his mighty
works
were done, because they repented not:
40:011:021 Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee,
Bethsaida! for if the
mighty
works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre
and
Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth
and
ashes.
40:011:022 But I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable
for Tyre and
Sidon
at the day of judgment, than for you.
40:011:023 And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted
unto heaven, shalt be
brought
down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have
been
done
in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained
until
this day.
40:011:024 But I say unto you, That it shall be more
tolerable for the
land
of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee.
40:011:025 At that time Jesus answered and said, I
thank thee, O Father,
Lord
of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things
from
the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.
40:011:026 Even so, Father: for so it seemed good in thy sight.
40:011:027 All things are delivered unto me of my
Father: and no man
knoweth
the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the
Father,
save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal
him.


