₁₆“Now, to what can I compare the people of this day? They are like children sitting in the market place. One group shouts to the other, ₁₇‘We played wedding music for you, but you wouldn't dance! We sang funeral songs, but you wouldn't cry!’ ₁₈When John came, he fasted and drank no wine, and everyone said, ‘He has a demon in him!’ ₁₉When the Son of Man came, he ate and drank, and everyone said, ‘Look at this man! He is a glutton and a drinker, a friend of tax collectors and other outcasts!’ God's wisdom, however, is shown to be true by its results.”

₂₅At that time Jesus said, “Father, Lord of heaven and earth! I thank you because you have shown to the unlearned what you have hidden from the wise and learned. ₂₆Yes, Father, this was how you wanted it to happen.

₂₇“My Father has given me all things. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.

₂₈“Come to me, all of you who are tired from carrying heavy loads, and I will give you rest. ₂₉Take my yoke and put it on you, and learn from me, because I am gentle and humble in spirit; and you will find rest. ₃₀For the yoke I will give you is easy, and the load I will put on you is light.”