."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,
(Mat 11:16 GNB)
We played wedding music for you, but you wouldn't dance! We sang funeral songs, but you wouldn't cry!'
(Mat 11:17 GNB)
When John came, he fasted and drank no wine, and everyone said, 'He has a demon in him!'
(Mat 11:18 GNB)
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."
(Mat 11:19 GNB)
Jesus continued, "Now to what can I compare the people of this day? What are they like?
(Luk 7:31 GNB)
They are like children sitting in the marketplace. One group shouts to the other, 'We played wedding music for you, but you wouldn't dance! We sang funeral songs, but you wouldn't cry!'
(Luk 7:32 GNB)
John the Baptist came, and he fasted and drank no wine, and you said, 'He has a demon in him!'
(Luk 7:33 GNB)
The Son of Man came, and he ate and drank, and you said, 'Look at this man! He is a glutton and wine drinker, a friend of tax collectors and other outcasts!'
(Luk 7:34 GNB)
God's wisdom, however, is shown to be true by all who accept it."
(Luk 7:35 GNB)
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