¹⁶ "But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children, which sit in the market, and call unto their fellows,

¹⁷ and say, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; We have mourned unto you, and ye have not sorrowed.

¹⁸ For John came, neither eating nor drinking, and they say, he hath the devil. ¹⁹ The son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a glutton, and drinker of wine, and a friend unto publicans, and sinners. And neverthelater, wisdom is justified of her children."

²⁰ Then began he to upbraid the cities, in which most of his miracles were done, because they repented not: ²¹ "Woe be to thee, Chorazsin! Woe be to thee, Bethsaida! for if the miracles, which were showed in you, had been done in Tyre and in Sidon: they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. ²² Nevertheless I say to you, it shall be easier for Tyre and Sidon, at the day of judgment, than for you. ²³ And thou, Capernaum, which art lift up unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell: for if the miracles, which have been done in thee, had been showed in Sodom, they had remained to this day. ²⁴ Nevertheless, I say unto you, It shall be easier for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee."