³¹ Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation, and to what are they like?

¹⁶ But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the marketplaces, who call unto their fellows

¹⁷ and say, We piped unto you, and ye did not dance; we wailed, and ye did not mourn.

¹⁸ For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a demon.

¹⁹ The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold, a gluttonous man and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners! And wisdom is justified by her works.

¹³ What shall I testify unto thee? what shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? What shall I compare to thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? For thy breach is great like the sea: who can heal thee?

³⁰ And he said, How shall we liken the kingdom of God? or in what parable shall we set it forth?