Matthew 11:16-18

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

¹⁶ But to what shall I liken this generation? It is like little children sitting in the marketplaces who call to their playmates,

¹⁷ We piped to you [playing wedding], and you did not dance; we wailed dirges [playing funeral], and you did not mourn and beat your breasts and weep aloud.

¹⁸ For John came neither eating nor drinking [with others], and they say, He has a demon!