^{16 Ref} `And to what shall I liken this generation? it is like little children in market-places, sitting and calling to their comrades,

^{17 Ref} and saying, We piped unto you, and ye did not dance, we lamented to you, and ye did not smite the breast.

^{18 Ref} `For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a demon;

^{19 Ref} the Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, Lo, a man, a glutton, and a wine-drinker, a friend of tax-gatherers and sinners, and wisdom was justified of her children.'