^{28 Ref} "For I tell you, among those who are born of women there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptizer, yet he who is least in the Kingdom of God is greater than he."

^{29 Ref} When all the people and the tax collectors heard this, they declared God to be just, having been baptized with John's baptism.

^{30 Ref} But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected the counsel of God, not being baptized by him themselves.

^{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."