30. But the Pharisees and the authorities on the law did not accept God's purpose for themselves. They had not been baptized by John.
31. "What can I compare today's people to?" Jesus asked. "What are they like?
32. They are like children sitting in the market place and calling out to each other. They say, " 'We played a flute for you. But you didn't dance. We sang a funeral song. But you didn't cry.'
33. "That is how it has been with John the Baptist. When he came to you, he didn't eat bread or drink wine. And you say, 'He has a demon.'