For I say G3004 to you, Among G1722 those that are born G1084 of women G1135 there is not a greater G3187 prophet G4396 than John G2491 the Baptist: G910 but he that is least G3398 in the kingdom G932 of God G2316 is greater G3187 than he.

But the Pharisees G5330 and lawyers G3544 rejected G114 the counsel G1012 of God G2316 against G1519 themselves, G1438 being not baptized G907 of him.

They are like G3664 to children G3813 sitting G2521 in the marketplace, G58 and calling G4377 one G240 to another, G240 and saying, G3004 We have piped G832 to you, and you have not danced; G3738 we have mourned G2354 to you, and you have not wept. G2799

The Son G5207 of man G444 is come G2064 eating G2068 and drinking; G4095 and you say, G3004 Behold G2400 a gluttonous G5314 man, G444 and a drunkard, G3630 a friend G5384 of publicans G5057 and sinners! G268

And as they departed, G4198 Jesus G2424 began G756 to say G3004 to the multitudes G3793 concerning G4012 John, G2491 What G5101 went G1831 you out into G1519 the wilderness G2048 to see? G2300 A reed G2563 shaken G4531 with the wind? G417

But what G5101 went G1831 you out for to see? G1492 A prophet? G4396 yes, G3483 I say G3004 to you, and more G4055 than a prophet. G4396

Truly G281 I say G3004 to you, Among G1722 them that are born G1084 of women G1135 there has not risen G1453 a greater G3187 than John G2491 the Baptist: G910 notwithstanding he that is least G3398 in the kingdom G932 of heaven G3772 is greater G3187 than he.

For all G3956 the prophets G4396 and the law G3551 prophesied G4395 until G2193 John. G2491

He that has G2192 ears G3775 to hear, G191 let him hear. G191

And saying, G3004 We have piped G832 to you, and you have not danced; G3738 we have mourned G2354 to you, and you have not lamented. G2875

The Son G5207 of man G444 came G2064 eating G2068 and drinking, G4095 and they say, G3004 Behold G2400 a man G444 gluttonous, G5314 and a drunkard, G3630 a friend G5384 of publicans G5057 and sinners. G268 But wisdom G4678 is justified G1344 of her children. G5043

And Jesus G2424 answered G611 and said G2036 to them, Elias G2243 truly G3303 shall first G4412 come, G2064 and restore G600 all G3956 things.

But I say G3004 to you, That Elias G2243 is come G2064 already, G2235 and they knew G1921 him not, but have done G4160 to him whatever G3745 they listed. G2309 Likewise G3779 shall also G2532 the Son G5207 of man G444 suffer G3958 of them.

The baptism G908 of John, G2491 from where G4159 was it? from heaven, G3772 or G2228 of men? G444 And they reasoned G1260 with themselves, G1438 saying, G3004 If G1437 we shall say, G2036 From heaven; G3772 he will say G2046 to us, Why G1302 did you not then G3767 believe G4100 him?

And they answered G611 Jesus, G2424 and said, G2036 We cannot G3756 G1492 tell. G1492 And he said G5346 to them, Neither G3761 tell G3004 I you by what G4169 authority G1849 I do G4160 these G5023 things.

He answered G611 and said, G2036 I will G2309 not: but afterward G5305 he repented, G3338 and went. G565

Whether G5101 of them two G1417 did G4160 the will G2307 of his father? G3962 They say G3004 to him, The first. G4413 Jesus G2424 said G3004 to them, Truly G281 I say G3004 to you, That the publicans G5057 and the harlots G4204 go G4254 into G1519 the kingdom G932 of God G2316 before G4254 you.

There was a man G444 sent G649 from God, G2316 whose G846 name G3686 was John. G2491

And this G3778 is the record G3141 of John, G2491 when G3753 the Jews G2453 sent G649 priests G2409 and Levites G3019 from Jerusalem G2414 to ask G2065 him, Who G5101 are G1488 you?

And they asked G2065 him, What G5101 then? G3767 Are G1488 you Elias? G2243 And he said, G3004 I am G1510 not. Are G1488 you that prophet? G4396 And he answered, G611 No. G3756

He said, G5346 I am the voice G5456 of one crying G994 in the wilderness, G2048 Make G2116 straight G2116 the way G3598 of the Lord, G2962 as said G2036 the prophet G4396 Esaias. G2268

And they asked G2065 him, and said G2036 to him, Why G5101 baptize G907 you then, G3767 if G1487 you be not that Christ, G5547 nor G3777 Elias, G2243 neither that prophet? G4396

He it is, who G3588 coming G2064 after G3694 me is preferred G1096 before G1715 me, whose G3739 shoe's G5266 lace G2438 I am G1510 not worthy G514 to unloose. G3089

I will arise G450 and go G4198 to my father, G3962 and will say G2046 to him, Father, G3962 I have sinned G264 against G1519 heaven, G3772 and before G1799 you,

That they shall drive H2957 you from men, H606 and your dwelling H4070 shall be with the beasts H2423 of the field, H1251 and they shall make you to eat H2939 grass H6211 as oxen, H8450 and they shall wet H6647 you with the dew H2920 of heaven, H8065 and seven H7655 times H5732 shall pass H2499 over H5922 you, till H5704 you know H3046 that the most H5943 High H5943 rules H7980 in the kingdom H4437 of men, H606 and gives H5415 it to whomsoever H4479 he will. H6634

And whereas H1768 they commanded H560 to leave H7662 the stump H6136 of the tree H363 roots; H8330 your kingdom H4437 shall be sure H7011 to you, after H1767 that you shall have known H3046 that the heavens H8065 do rule. H7990