30But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected the counsel of God for themselves, not having been baptized by him.)
31“To what then shall I compare the men of this generation, and to what are they similar?
32They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling to one another, saying, ‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we mourned to you, and you did not cry.’
33Because John the Baptizer came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon!’
34The Son of the Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Just look, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’
35Still, by all her children wisdom is justified.”