28 No one ever born on this earth is greater than John. But whoever is least important in God's kingdom is greater than John.
29 Everyone had been listening to John. Even the tax collectors had obeyed God and had done what was right by letting John baptize them.
30 But the Pharisees and the experts in the Law of Moses refused to obey God and be baptized by John.
31 Jesus went on to say:What are you people like? What kind of people are you?
32 You are like children sitting in the market and shouting to each other,“We played the flute,but you would not dance!We sang a funeral song,but you would not cry!”
33 John the Baptist did not go around eating and drinking, and you said, “John has a demon in him!”
34 But because the Son of Man goes around eating and drinking, you say, “Jesus eats and drinks too much! He is even a friend of tax collectors and sinners.”