Luke 7:29-35

New American Standard Bible

²⁹ When all the people and the tax collectors heard this, they acknowledged ^(A)God’s justice, ^(B)having been baptized with ^(C)the baptism of John. ³⁰ But the Pharisees and the ^[a](D)lawyers rejected God’s purpose for themselves, not having been baptized by ^[b]John.

³¹ “To what then shall I compare the people of this generation, and what are they like? ³² They are like children who sit in the marketplace and call to one another, and say, ‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a song of mourning, and you did not weep.’ ³³ For John the Baptist has come neither ^(E)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, ‘Behold, a gluttonous man and a ^[c]heavy drinker, a friend of tax collectors and ^[d]sinners!’ ³⁵ And yet wisdom ^(F)is vindicated by all her children.”