Matthew 11:16-20

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

¹⁶ But whereunto shall I esteem this generation to be like? It is like to children sitting in the market place.

¹⁷ Who crying to their companions say: We have piped to you, and you have not danced: we have lamented, and you have not mourned.

¹⁸ For John came neither eating nor drinking; and they say: He hath a devil.

¹⁹ The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say: Behold a man that is a glutton and a wine drinker, a friend of publicans and sinners. And wisdom is justified by her children.

²⁰ Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein were done the most of his miracles, for that they had not done penance.