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11 Then they asked Jesus, `Why do the scribes [who know all about the holy writings] say that first Elijah must come?'

12 He said, `Elijah does come first. He will get everything ready. But why do the holy writings say that the Son of Man must have much trouble? They say, "He will have much trouble and the people will not respect him."

13 I tell you that Elijah has come. The people did to him just what they wanted to do. They did just as it is written about him.'

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11 And they asked him, “Why do the teachers of the law say that Elijah must come first?”

12 Jesus replied, “To be sure, Elijah does come first, and restores all things. Why then is it written that the Son of Man(A) must suffer much(B) and be rejected?(C) 13 But I tell you, Elijah has come,(D) and they have done to him everything they wished, just as it is written about him.”

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