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28 For I say to you, among men born of women there is not one prophet greater than John the immerser, yet the smaller in the kingdom of God is greater than he.
29 And all the people having heard, and the tax collectors who were immersed the immersion of John, justified God.
30 But the Pharisees and the lawyers who were not immersed by him, rejected the purpose of God for themselves.
31 To what, then will I compare the men of this generation, and to what are they like?
32 They are like children sitting in the marketplace, and calling to each other, and saying, We piped to you, and ye did not dance. We mourned to you, and ye did not weep.
33 For John the immerser has come neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and ye say, He has a demon.
34 The Son of man has come eating and drinking, and ye say, Behold the man, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!
35 And wisdom is justified from all her children.