Matthew 11:16-19

16 "But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the market places, who call out to the other children,

17 and say, 'We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.'

18 "For John came neither ¹eating nor ²drinking, and they say, '³He has a demon!'

19 "The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'Behold, a gluttonous man and a drunkard, ⁴a friend of tax collectors and sinners!' Yet wisdom is vindicated by her deeds."

Cross References

• 1. Matthew 3:4
• 2. Luke 1:15
• 3. Matthew 9:34; John 7:20; John 8:48f, 52; John 10:20
• 4. Matthew 9:11; Luke 5:29-32; Luke 15:2

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "beat the breast"
• [b]. Or "wine-drinker"
• [c]. I.e. irreligious Jews