30. But the Pharisees and the lawyers [of the Mosaic Law] annulled and rejected and brought to nothing God's purpose concerning themselves, by [refusing and] not being baptized by him [John].
31. So to what shall I compare the men of this generation? And what are they like?
32. They are like little children sitting in the marketplace, calling to one another and saying, We piped to you [playing wedding], and you did not dance; we sang dirges and wailed [playing funeral], and you did not weep.
33. For John the Baptist has come neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, He has a demon.
34. The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, Behold, a Man Who is a glutton and a wine drinker, a friend of tax collectors and notorious sinners.
35. Yet wisdom is vindicated (shown to be true and divine) by all her children [by their life, character, and deeds].
36. One of the Pharisees asked Jesus to dine with him, and He went into the Pharisee's house and reclined at table.
37. And behold, a woman of the town who was an especially wicked sinner, when she learned that He was reclining at table in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster flask of ointment (perfume).
38. And standing behind Him at His feet weeping, she began to wet His feet with [her] tears; and she wiped them with the hair of her head and kissed His feet [affectionately] and anointed them with the ointment (perfume).
39. Now when the Pharisee who had invited Him saw it, he said to himself, If this Man were a prophet, He would surely know who and what sort of woman this is who is touching Him–for she is a notorious sinner (a social outcast, devoted to sin).
40. And Jesus, replying, said to him, Simon, I have something to say to you. And he answered, Teacher, say it.
41. A certain lender of money [at interest] had two debtors: one owed him five hundred denarii, and the other fifty.
42. When they had no means of paying, he freely forgave them both. Now which of them will love him more?
43. Simon answered, The one, I take it, for whom he forgave and cancelled more. And Jesus said to him, You have decided correctly.
44. Then turning toward the woman, He said to Simon, Do you see this woman? When I came into your house, you gave Me no water for My feet, but she has wet My feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair.