30. but the Pharisees and the lawyers rendered null as to themselves the counsel of God, not having been baptised by him.)
31. To whom therefore shall I liken the men of this generation, and to whom are they like?
32. They are like children sitting in the market-place, and calling one to another and saying, We have piped to you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned to you, and ye have not wept.
33. For John the baptist has come neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and ye say, He has a demon.
34. The Son of man has come eating and drinking, and ye say, Behold an eater and wine-drinker, a friend of tax-gatherers and sinners;
35. and wisdom has been justified of all her children.