27 This is he of whom it is written, 'Behold, I send my messenger before your face, Who will prepare your way before you.'
28 'For I tell you, among those who are born of women there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptizer, yet he who is least in the Kingdom of God is greater than he.'
29 When all the people and the tax collectors heard this, they declared God to be just, having been baptized with John's baptism.
30 But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected the counsel of God, not being baptized by him themselves.
31 But the Lord said,{So reads TR. MT omits 'But the Lord said,'} 'To what then will I liken the people of this generation? What are they like?
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