This is he, of whom it| you, and much more than a is written, |27 prophet. This is he of whom it Behold, I send my messenger | is written, before thy face, | Behold, I send my messenger Who shall prepare thy way | before thy face, before thee. | Who shall prepare thy way 11 Verily I say unto you, Among | before thee [_see Mal. them that are born of women | 3:1_]. there hath not arisen a greater|28 I say unto you, Among them that than John the Baptist: yet he | are born of women there is none that is [3]but little in the | greater than John: yet he that kingdom of heaven is greater | is [3]but little in the kingdom 12 than he. And from the days of | of God is greater than he. John the Baptist until now the | kingdom of heaven suffereth | violence, and men of violence | take it by force [_see Luke | 13 16:17_]. For all the prophets | and the law prophesied until | 14 John. And if ye are willing to | receive [4]it, this is Elijah, | which is to come [_see Mal. | 15 4:5_]. He that hath ears [5]to | hear, let him hear. | |29 And | all the people when they heard, | and the publicans, justified | God, [12]being baptized with |30 the baptism of John. But the | Pharisees and the lawyers | rejected for themselves the | counsel of God, [13]being not |31 baptized of him. Whereunto then 16 But whereunto shall I liken | shall I liken the men of this this generation? It is like[c] | generation, and to what are unto children sitting in the |32 they like? They are like unto marketplaces, which call unto | children that sit in the 17 their fellows, and say, We | marketplace, and call one to piped unto you, and ye did not | another; which say, We piped dance; we wailed, and ye did | unto you, and ye did not dance; 18 not [6]mourn. | we wailed, and ye did not weep. For John came |33 For John the Baptist is come neither eating nor drinking, | eating no bread nor drinking and they say, He hath a | wine; and ye say, He hath a 19 [7]devil. The Son of man came |34 [7]devil. The Son of man is eating and drinking, and they | come eating and drinking; and say, Behold, a gluttonous man, | ye say, Behold, a gluttonous and a winebibber, a friend of | man, and a winebibber, a friend