31To what then shall I compare the men of this generation, and what are they like?
32They are like children sitting in the market-place, and calling one to another, saying, We piped to you, and ye did not dance; we sung a dirge, and ye did not weep.
33For John the Baptist hath come not eating bread, nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a demon.
34The Son of man hath come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold, a glutton and a wine-bibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!
35But wisdom is acknowledged by all her children.
36And one of the Pharisees asked him to eat with him; and he went into the Pharisee's house, and reclined at the table.
37And lo! a woman who was in the city, a sinner, learning that he was at table in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster-bottle of ointment,
38and standing behind at his feet, weeping, began to wet his feet with tears, and wiped them with the hair of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.
39And the Pharisee who had invited him, when he saw this, said within himself, This man, if he were a prophet, would know who, and what sort of woman, this is that toucheth him; for she is a sinner.
40And Jesus answering said to him, Simon, I have somewhat to say to thee. And he saith, Teacher, say on.
41A certain money-lender had two debtors; one owed five hundred denaries, and the other fifty.
42When they had nothing to pay, he freely remitted the debt of both. Which of them, now, will love him the most?
43Simon answering said, He, I suppose, to whom he remitted the most. And he said to him, Thou hast judged rightly.