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32 They are like children sitting in the market and calling out to each other. They say,

“ ‘We played the flute for you.
    But you didn’t dance.
We sang a funeral song.
    But you didn’t cry.’

33 That is how it has been with John the Baptist. When he came to you, he didn’t eat bread or drink wine. And you say, ‘He has a demon.’ 34 But when the Son of Man came, he ate and drank as you do. And you say, ‘This fellow is always eating and drinking far too much. He’s a friend of tax collectors and sinners.’

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