14. And if you are willing to receive it, he is Elijah, who is to come.
15. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.
16. “But to what shall I liken this generation? It is like children sitting in the markets, calling to their friends,
17. saying: ‘We played the flute for you,and you did not dance;we sang a dirge to you,and you did not mourn.’
18. For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon.’
19. The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Here is a gluttonous man, a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.’ But wisdom is justified by her children.”