14. And if you believe what they said, then John is Elijah. He is the one they said would come.
15. You people who hear me, listen!
16. “What can I say about the people who live today? What are they like? The people today are like children sitting in the marketplace. One group of children calls to the other group,
17. ‘We played flute music for you, but you did not dance; we sang a funeral song, but you were not sad.’
18. Why do I say people are like that? Because John came, not eating like other people or drinking wine, and people say, ‘He has a demon inside him.’
19. The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and people say, ‘Look at him! He eats too much and drinks too much wine. He’s a friend of tax collectors and other sinners.’ But wisdom is shown to be right by what it does.”