Matthew 11:7-19 As these men went away, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: "What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?

Riverside⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁷ As these men went away, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: "What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind? ⁸ But what did you go out to see? A man dressed in soft clothes? Those who wear soft clothes are in kings' palaces. ⁹ But why did you go out? To see a prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet. ¹⁰ This is the one of whom it was written, 'Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, who will prepare thy way before thee.' ¹¹ I tell you truly there has not arisen among those born of women a greater than John the Baptist. But any inferior in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. ¹² From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven has been suffering violence and violent men have been seizing it. ¹³ For all the prophets and the Law prophesied until John. ¹⁴ If you are willing to believe it, he is Elijah who was to come. ¹⁵ Whoever has ears, let him hear. ¹⁶ "To what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the market-places who call to the others, ¹⁷ 'We played the flute to you and you did not dance; we mourned and you did not beat your breasts.' 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, 'See a glutton and a wine-drinker; a friend of tax collectors and sinners.' Yet wisdom is proved to be in the right by her works."