31 To what then shall I liken the men of this generation, and to what are they like?

32 They are like children who sit in the marketplace, and call one to another; who say, We piped to you{}, and you{} did not dance; we wailed, and you{} did not weep.

33 For John the Baptist has come eating no bread nor drinking wine; and you{} say, He has a demon.

34 The Son of Man has come eating and drinking; and you{} say, Look, a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!

35 And wisdom is acknowledged as right by all her children.

36 And one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with him. And he entered into the Pharisee's house, and sat down to meat.

37 And look, a woman who was in the city, a sinner; and when she knew that he was sitting at meat in the Pharisee's house, she brought an alabaster cruse of ointment,