28. I say to you, there is no one greater than John among those born of women; yet the least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.”
29. And when all the people heard, even the tax collectors, they affirmed God’s justice, because they had been immersed with John’s immersion.
30. But the Pharisees and Torah lawyers, not having been immersed by John, declared God’s purpose invalid for themselves.
31. “So then, to what shall I compare the people of this generation? What are they like?
32. They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling to each other, saying, ‘We played the flute for you, and you didn’t dance. We sang a dirge, and you didn’t weep.’
33. “For John the Immerser has come not eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon.’
34. The Son of Man has come eating and drinking. and you say, ‘Look, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’
35. Yet wisdom is vindicated by all her children.”
36. Now one of the Pharisees was asking Yeshua if He would eat with him. Upon entering the Pharisee’s home, He reclined at the table.