Ezekiel 33:31
31 aAnd they come to you as people come, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear what you say but they will not do it; for bwith lustful talk in their mouths they act; their heart is set on their gain.Matthew 3:5-7
5Then Jerusalem and all Judea and all the region about the Jordan were going out to him, 6and they were baptized by him in the river Jordan, cconfessing their sins.7But when he saw many of dthe Pharisees and eSadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, f“You brood of gvipers! Who warned you to flee from hthe wrath to come?
Matthew 11:7-9
7As they went away, Jesus began to speak to the crowds concerning John: “What did you go out iinto the wilderness to see? jA reed shaken by the wind? 8What then did you go out to see? A man ▼▼Or Why then did you go out? To see a man . . .
dressed in soft clothing? Behold, those who wear soft clothing are in kings’ houses. 9What then did you go out to see? lA prophet? ▼▼Some manuscripts Why then did you go out? To see a prophet?
Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet. Matthew 13:20-21
20As for what was sown on rocky ground, this is the one who hears the word and immediately nreceives it with joy, 21yet he has no root in himself, but oendures for a while, and when tribulation or persecution arises on account of the word, immediately phe falls away. ▼▼Or stumbles
Matthew 21:26
26But if we say, ‘From man,’ rwe are afraid of the crowd, for they all hold that John was sa prophet.”Mark 6:20
20for Herod tfeared John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and he kept him safe. When he heard him, he was greatly perplexed, and yet he uheard him gladly.John 6:66
66 vAfter this many of his disciples turned back and no longer walked with him.
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