12 But from the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven is treated violently, and the violent claim it.
13 For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John,
14 and if you are willing to accept it, he is Elijah, the one who is going to come.
15 The one who has ears, let him hear!
16 “But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces who call out to one another,
17 saying, ‘We played the flute for you and you did not dance; we sang a lament and you did not mourn.’
18 For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon!’