BIB(i)
28 Λέγω (I say) ὑμῖν (to you), μείζων (a greater) ἐν (among) γεννητοῖς (those born) γυναικῶν (of women) Ἰωάννου (than John) οὐδείς (no one) ἐστιν (is); ὁ (-) δὲ (yet) μικρότερος (the least) ἐν (in) τῇ (the) βασιλείᾳ (kingdom) τοῦ (of) Θεοῦ (God), μείζων (greater) αὐτοῦ (than he) ἐστιν (is).”
29 Καὶ (And) πᾶς (all) ὁ (the) λαὸς (people) ἀκούσας (having heard), καὶ (even) οἱ (the) τελῶναι (tax collectors), ἐδικαίωσαν (declared as righteous) τὸν (-) Θεόν (God), βαπτισθέντες (having been baptized with) τὸ (the) βάπτισμα (baptism) Ἰωάννου (of John);
30 οἱ (-) δὲ (but) Φαρισαῖοι (the Pharisees) καὶ (and) οἱ (the) νομικοὶ (lawyers), τὴν (the) βουλὴν (counsel) τοῦ (-) Θεοῦ (of God) ἠθέτησαν (rejected) εἰς (as to) ἑαυτούς (themselves), μὴ (not) βαπτισθέντες (having been baptized) ὑπ’ (by) αὐτοῦ (him).
31 “Τίνι (To what) οὖν (therefore) ὁμοιώσω (will I liken) τοὺς (the) ἀνθρώπους (men) τῆς (of the) γενεᾶς (generation) ταύτης (this)? καὶ (And) τίνι (to what) εἰσὶν (are they) ὅμοιοι (like)?
32 ὅμοιοί (Like) εἰσιν (are they) παιδίοις (to little children) τοῖς (-) ἐν (in) ἀγορᾷ (the marketplace) καθημένοις (sitting), καὶ (and) προσφωνοῦσιν (calling) ἀλλήλοις (to each other) ἃ (one), λέγει (saying): ‘Ηὐλήσαμεν (We piped) ὑμῖν (to you), καὶ (and) οὐκ (not) ὠρχήσασθε (you did dance); Ἐθρηνήσαμεν (we sang a dirge), καὶ (and) οὐκ (not) ἐκλαύσατε (you did weep).’
33 Ἐλήλυθεν (Has come) γὰρ (for) Ἰωάννης (John) ὁ (the) Βαπτιστὴς (Baptist), μὴ (neither) ἐσθίων (eating) ἄρτον (bread), μήτε (nor) πίνων (drinking) οἶνον (wine), καὶ (and) λέγετε (you say), ‘Δαιμόνιον (A demon) ἔχει (He has).’
34 ἐλήλυθεν (Has come) ὁ (the) Υἱὸς (Son) τοῦ (-) ἀνθρώπου (of Man), ἐσθίων (eating) καὶ (and) πίνων (drinking), καὶ (and) λέγετε (you say), ‘Ἰδοὺ (Behold), ἄνθρωπος (a man), φάγος (a glutton) καὶ (and) οἰνοπότης (a drunkard), φίλος (a friend) τελωνῶν (of tax collectors) καὶ (and) ἁμαρτωλῶν (of sinners).’
35 καὶ (And) ἐδικαιώθη (was justified) ἡ (-) σοφία (wisdom) ἀπὸ (by) πάντων (all) τῶν (the) τέκνων (children) αὐτῆς (of her).”