011:011 "I solemnly tell you that among all of woman born no greater has ever been raised up than John the Baptist; yet one who is of lower rank in the Kingdom of the Heavens is greater than he.
011:012 But from the time of John the Baptist till now, the Kingdom of the Heavens has been suffering violent assault, and the violent have been seizing it by force.
011:013 For all the Prophets and the Law taught until John.
011:014 And (if you are willing to receive it) he is the Elijah who was to come.
011:015 Listen, every one who has ears!
011:016 "But to what shall I compare the present generation?
It is like children sitting in the open places, who call
to their playmates.
011:017 "`We have played the flute to you,' they say, `and you
have not danced: we have sung dirges, and you have not
beaten your breasts.'
011:018 "For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say,
`He has a demon.'
011:019 The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they exclaim, `See this man!—given to gluttony and tippling, and a friend of tax-gatherers and notorious sinners!' And yet Wisdom is vindicated by her actions."
011:020 Then began He to upbraid the towns where most of His mighty works had been done—because they had not repented.