12 From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven is violently attacked as violent people seize it.
13 All the Prophets and the Law prophesied until John came.
14 If you are willing to accept it, he is Elijah who is to come.
15 Let the person who has ears, hear.
16 "To what will I compare this generation? It is like a child sitting in the marketplaces calling out to others,
17 ‘We played the flute for you and you didn’t dance. We sang a funeral song and you didn’t mourn.’
18 For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon.’