^{31 Ref} But the Lord said,{So reads TR. MT omits "But the Lord said,"} "To what then will I liken the people of this generation? What are they like?

^{32 Ref} They are like children who sit in the marketplace, and call one to another, saying, 'We piped to you, and you didn't dance. We mourned, and you didn't weep.'

^{33 Ref} For John the Baptizer came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, 'He has a demon.'

^{34 Ref} The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, 'Behold, a gluttonous man, and a drunkard; a friend of tax collectors and sinners!'

^{35 Ref} Wisdom is justified by all her children."

^{36 Ref} One of the Pharisees invited him to eat with him. He entered into the Pharisee's house, and sat at the table.

^{37 Ref} Behold, a woman in the city who was a sinner, when she knew that he was reclining in the Pharisee's house, she brought an alabaster jar of ointment.

^{38 Ref} Standing behind at his feet weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears, and she wiped them with the hair of her head, kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.

^{31 Ref} And the Lord said, `To what, then, shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like?

^{32 Ref} they are like to children, to those sitting in a market-place, and calling one to another, and saying, We piped to you, and ye did not dance, we mourned to you, and ye did not weep!

^{33 Ref} `For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and ye say, He hath a demon;

^{34 Ref} the Son of Man came eating and drinking, and ye say, Lo, a man, a glutton, and a wine drinker, a friend of tax-gatherers and sinners;

^{35 Ref} and the wisdom was justified from all her children.'

^{36 Ref} And a certain one of the Pharisees was asking him that he might eat with him, and having gone into the house of the Pharisee he reclined (at meat),

^{37 Ref} and lo, a woman in the city, who was a sinner, having known that he reclineth (at meat) in the house of the Pharisee, having provided an alabaster box of ointment,

^{38 Ref} and having stood behind, beside his feet, weeping, she began to wet his feet with the tears, and with the hairs of her head she was wiping, and was kissing his feet, and was anointing with the ointment.

^{31 Ref} And the Lord said, Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like?

^{32 Ref} They are like unto children sitting in the marketplace, and calling one to another, and saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned to you, and ye have not wept.

^{33 Ref} For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a devil.

^{34 Ref} The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!

^{35 Ref} But wisdom is justified of all her children.

^{36 Ref} And one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with him. And he went into the Pharisee's house, and sat down to meat.

^{37 Ref} And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster box of ointment,

^{38 Ref} And stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.