Matthew 11:17
World English Bible
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14 If you are willing to receive it, this is Elijah, who is to come.
15 He who has ears to hear, let him hear.
16 "But what will I compare this generation to? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces, who call to their companions
17 and say, `We played the flute for you, and you didn`t dance. We mourned for you, and you didn`t lament.`
18 For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, `He has a demon.`
19 The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, `Behold, a gluttonous man and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!` But wisdom is justified by her children."
20 Then he began to denounce the cities in which most of his mighty works were done, because they didn`t repent.