Lucas 7

31 "To what then shall I compare the people of this generation, and what are they like?32 They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling to one another,

"‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance;

we sang a dirge, and you did not weep.’

33 For John the Baptist has come *Matt. 3:4;Mark 1:6eating no bread and *ch. 1:15drinking no wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon.’34 The Son of Man has come *ver. 36;ch. 14:1;Matt. 9:10;John 2:1;12:2eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Look at him! A glutton and a drunkard, *ch. 15:2;19:7;Matt. 9:11a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’35 Yet *[ch. 11:49;Prov. 8:1-36]wisdom is justified by all her children."

A Sinful Woman Forgiven

36 *ch. 11:37;14:1One of the Pharisees asked him to eat with him, and he went into the Pharisee’s house and reclined at table. 37 *For ver. 37-39, [Matt. 26:6-13;Mark 14:3-9;John 12:1-8]And behold, a woman of the city, who was a sinner, when she learned that he was reclining at table in the Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster flask of ointment,