14 and if you are willing to believe their message, John is Elijah, whose coming was predicted.
15 Listen, then, if you have ears!
16 “Now, to what can I compare the people of this day? They are like children sitting in the marketplace. One group shouts to the other,
17 ‘We played wedding music for you, but you wouldn't dance! We sang funeral songs, but you wouldn't cry!’
18 When John came, he fasted and drank no wine, and everyone said, ‘He has a demon in him!’
19 When the Son of Man came, he ate and drank, and everyone said, ‘Look at this man! He is a glutton and wine drinker, a friend of tax collectors and other outcasts!’ God's wisdom, however, is shown to be true by its results.”
20 The people in the towns where Jesus had performed most of his miracles did not turn from their sins, so he reproached those towns.