Matthew 11:7-19 - Jesus Speaks About John
7 And while those men departed, Jesus began to say to the multitudes about John, What did ye go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind? 8 But what did ye go out to see? A man clothed in delicate clothes? Behold, those wearing delicate things are in king's houses. 9 But what did ye go out to see? A prophet? Yea, I say to you, and more than a prophet. 10 For this is he about whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face who will prepare thy way before thee.
11 Truly I say to you, among men born of women there has not been raised a greater than John the immerser. Yet the smaller in the kingdom of the heavens is greater than he. 12 And from the days of John the immerser until now the kingdom of the heavens is treated aggressively, and aggressors seize it. 13 For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John. 14 And if ye are willing to receive it, he is Elijah who is going to come. 15 He who has ears to hear, let him hear.
16 But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces, calling to their companions,
17 and saying, We piped to you, and ye did not dance, we mourned to you, and ye did not beat the breast.
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, Behold the man, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners! And wisdom is justified from her children.