Bible Verses

But the children of Wisdom always recognize her work.”

Next, came the Son of Man, eating and drinking; and you say, ‘Look, a glutton for food and wine, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.’

Remember John: he didn’t eat bread or drink wine, and you said, ‘He has an evil spirit.’

They are like children sitting in the marketplace about whom their companions complain:      ‘We piped you a tune      and you wouldn’t dance;      we sang funeral songs      and you wouldn’t cry.’

 Jesus said to the crowds:       “What comparison can I use for the people? What are they like?

whereas the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, by not allowing themselves to be baptized by him, ignored the will of God.

All the people listening to him, even the tax collectors, recognized the will of God in receiving the baptism of John,

No one may be found greater than John among those born of women; but I tell you, the least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.

For John is the one foretold in Scripture with these words:   I am sending my messenger ahead of you   to prepare your way.

What did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet.