Blind people are able to see again; crippled people are able to walk again; people that have leprosy F131 are healed; deaf people can hear again; dead people are raised from death; and the Good News F132 is told to the poor people.
While John's followers were leaving, Jesus began talking to the people about John. Jesus said, "What did you people go out to the desert to see? A weed F134 blown by the wind? No!
I tell you the truth: John the Baptizer is greater than any man that has ever lived. But even the least important person in the kingdom of heaven is greater than John.
Since the time John the Baptizer came until now, the kingdom of heaven has been going forward strongly. F138 People using force have been trying to get the kingdom.
And if you will believe the things the law and the prophets said, then you will believe that John is Elijah. F140 The law and the prophets said he would come.
"What can I say about the people that live today? What are they like? The people today are like children sitting in the market place. One group of children calls to the other group,
{Why do I say people are like that?} Because John came, and he did not eat {like other people} or drink wine. And people say, 'He has a demon F141 inside him.'
The Son of Man F142 came eating {like other people} and drinking wine, and people say, 'Look at him! He eats too much and drinks too much wine. He is a friend of tax collectors F143 and other bad people.' But wisdom is shown to be right by the things it does."
Then Jesus criticized the cities where he did most of his miracles. F144 Jesus criticized those cities because the people there did not change their lives and stop sinning.
Jesus said, "It will be bad for you Chorazin. F145 It will be bad for you Bethsaida. F146 I did many miracles in you. If those same miracles had happened in Tyre and Sidon, F147 then those people in Tyre and Sidon would have changed their lives a long time ago. Those people would have worn sackcloth F148 and put ashes on themselves to show that they were sorry for their sins.
And you, Capernaum, F149 will you be lifted up to heaven? No! You will be thrown down to the place of death. I did many miracles in you. If those same miracles had happened in Sodom, F150 {the people of} Sodom {would have stopped sinning and it} would still be a city today.
Then Jesus said, "I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth. I praise you because you have hidden these things from the wise and smart people. But you have shown these things to people that are like little children.
"My Father has given me all things. No person knows the Son--only the Father knows the Son. And no person knows the Father--only the Son knows the Father. And the only people that will know about the Father are those people the Son chooses to tell.
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