Matthew 11:19
World English Bible
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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.
21 "Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon which were done in you, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
22 But I tell you, it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the day of judgment than for you.