NSB(i)
28 »I say to you, of those who are born of women there is none greater than John. Yet he who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.«
29 When the people heard, they acknowledged God’s justice. They received their baptism from John.
30 The Pharisees and the lawyers rejected the counsel of God and were not baptized by him.
31 »To whom or what should I compare the men of this generation?
32 They are like children that sit in the marketplace and call to each other. We played the flute for you but you did not dance. We wailed and you did not weep.
33 »John the Baptist came fasting and drinking no wine and you say he has a demon.
34 »The Son of man came eating and drinking, and you say look he is a gluttonous man, and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!
35 »All her children vindicate wisdom.«