^{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} What comparison am I to make of the men of this generation? what are they like?

^{32 Ref} They are like children who are seated in the market-place, crying out to one another, and saying, We made music for you, but you did not take part in the dance; we gave cries of sorrow, but you were not sad.

^{33 Ref} For John the Baptist came, taking no food or drink, and you say, He has an evil spirit.

^{34 Ref} The Son of man came feasting, and you say, Here is a lover of food and wine, a friend of tax-farmers and sinners.

^{35 Ref} But wisdom is judged to be right by all her children.

^{36 Ref} And one of the Pharisees made a request that he would take a meal with him. And he went into the Pharisee's house and took his seat at the table.

^{37 Ref} And there was a woman in the town who was a sinner; and when she had news that he was a guest in the Pharisee's house, she took a bottle of perfume,

^{38 Ref} And went in and took her place at the back of him, near his feet, weeping, so that his feet were washed with the drops from her eyes, and with her hair she made them dry, and kissing his feet she put the perfume on them.