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31 Jesus continued,[a] “To what may I compare the people living today?[b] 32 They’re like little children who sit in the marketplace and shout to each other,

‘A wedding song we played for you,
    the dance you all did scorn.
A woeful dirge we chanted, too,
    but then you would not mourn.’

33 Because John the Baptist has come neither eating bread nor drinking wine, yet you say, ‘He has a demon!’ 34 The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Look! He’s[c] a glutton and a drunk, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ 35 Wisdom is vindicated by all[d] her children.”

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 7:31 The Gk. lacks Jesus continued
  2. Luke 7:31 Lit. people of this generation
  3. Luke 7:34 The Gk. lacks He’s
  4. Luke 7:35 Other mss. lack all