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- Soon afterwards He went to a city called Nain; and His disciples were going along with Him, accompanied by a large crowd.
- Now as He approached the gate of the city, a dead man was being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow; and a sizeable crowd from the city was with her.
- When the Lord saw her, He felt compassion for her, and said to her, "Do not weep."
- And He came up and touched the coffin; and the bearers came to a halt. And He said, "Young man, I say to you, arise!"
- The dead man sat up and began to speak. And Jesus gave him back to his mother.
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- Fear gripped them all, and they began glorifying God, saying, "A great prophet has arisen among us!" and, "God has visited His people!"
- This report concerning Him went out all over Judea and in all the surrounding district.
- The disciples of John reported to him about all these things.
- Summoning two of his disciples, John sent them to the Lord, saying, "Are You the Expected One, or do we look for someone else?"
- When the men came to Him, they said, "John the Baptist has sent us to You, to ask, 'Are You the Expected One, or do we look for someone else?'"
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- At that very time He cured many people of diseases and afflictions and evil spirits; and He gave sight to many who were blind.
- And He answered and said to them, "Go and report to John what you have seen and heard: the BLIND RECEIVE SIGHT, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, the POOR HAVE THE GOSPEL PREACHED TO THEM.
- "Blessed is he who does not take offense at Me."
- When the messengers of John had left, He began to speak to the crowds about John, "What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?
- "But what did you go out to see? A man dressed in soft clothing? Those who are splendidly clothed and live in luxury are found in royal palaces!
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- "But what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I say to you, and one who is more than a prophet.
- "This is the one about whom it is written, 'BEHOLD, I SEND MY MESSENGER AHEAD OF YOU, WHO WILL PREPARE YOUR WAY BEFORE YOU.'
- "I say to you, among those born of women there is no one greater than John; yet he who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he."
- When all the people and the tax collectors heard this, they acknowledged God's justice, having been baptized with the baptism of John.
- But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected God's purpose for themselves, not having been baptized by John.
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- "To what then shall I compare the men of this generation, and what are they like?
- "They are like children who sit in the market place and call to one another, and they say, 'We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not weep.'
- "For John the Baptist has come eating no bread and drinking no wine, and you say, 'He has a demon!'
- "The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, 'Behold, a gluttonous man and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!'
- "Yet wisdom is vindicated by all her children."
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