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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

31  To what tis then oun shall I compare homoioō the ho people anthrōpos of ho this houtos generation genea? · kai What tis are they eimi like homoios? 32 They are eimi like homoios children paidion · ho sitting kathēmai in en the marketplace agora and kai calling prosphōneō to one allēlōn another , they hos are saying legō, ‘ We played auleō the flute for you hymeis, but kai you did not ou dance orcheomai; we wailed thrēneō in mourning , but kai you did not ou weep klaiō.’ 33 For gar John Iōannēs the ho Baptist baptistēs has come erchomai neither eating esthiō bread artos nor mēte drinking pinō wine oinos, and kai you say legō, ‘ He has echō a demon daimonion.’ 34 The ho Son hyios of ho Man anthrōpos has come erchomai both eating esthiō and kai drinking pinō, and kai you say legō, ‘ Look idou! A man anthrōpos, a glutton phagos and kai a drunkard oinopotēs, a friend philos of tax telōnēs collectors and kai sinners hamartōlos!’ 35 Nevertheless kai, wisdom sophia is proved dikaioō right · ho by apo all pas · ho her autos children teknon.”

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