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📚And it came about when Jesus had finished commanding his twelve disciples, that he left there to teach and to preach in their cities.The King speaks of Himself and John the Baptist
2 📚✭Now when John in prison heard about the deeds of Christ, he sent two of his disciples. 3 📚And they said to him, “Are you the one who was to come✭, or do we look for another?”
4 ✭Jesus answered and said to them, “Go and tell John what you hear and see: 5 📚The blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them. 6 📚✭And blessed is anyone who does not stumble because of me”.
7 📚And as they 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? 8 📚But what did you go out to see? A man dressed in fine clothes? Look, those who wear fine clothes are in kings' houses. 9 📚✭But what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet. 10 📚✭For this is the one about whom it is written, Look, I send my messenger before your face. He will prepare your way before you.
11 📚✭“Truly I say to you, among those born of women there has not risen anyone greater than John the Baptist. But he who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. 12 📚✭And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven has been subject to violence, and the violent are taking it by force. 13 📚✭For all the prophets and the Law prophesied until John. 14 📚✭And if you will receive it, this is Elijah, who was to come. 15 📚He 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 and calling to their companions, 17 📚And saying, ‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance. We wailed for you, and you did not mourn.’ 18 📚✭For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon.’ 19 📚✭The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Look, a glutton and a heavy drinker, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.’ But wisdom is justified by her children”.
The King pronounces judgment on certain cities
20 📚✭Then he began to denounce the cities where most of his miracles had been done, because they did not repent: 21 📚✭“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. 22 📚✭But I say to you, In the day of judgment it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon than for you. 23 📚And you, Capernaum,✭ who are exalted to heaven, will be brought down to hell.✭ For if the miracles which have been done in you, had been done in Sodom,✭ it would have remained until this day. 24 📚But I say to you that in the day of judgment it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom than for you”.
A short prayer of thanks
25 📚✭At that time Jesus responded and said, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent, and revealed them to babes. 26 📚✭Even so, Father, for it was good in your sight.
The King reveals Himself as the Son of God
27 📚✭“All things have been handed over to me✭ by my Father. And 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.
The King promises rest to disciples