Matthew 11:16-19
<p><a href="http://bible.cc/matthew/11-16.htm" ><b>16</b></a>But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the markets, and <b>calling unto their fellows</b>, <a href="http://bible.cc/matthew/11-17.htm" ><b>17</b></a>And saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented. <a href="http://bible.cc/matthew/11-18.htm" ><b>18</b></a>For<b> John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a devil</b>. <a href="http://bible.cc/matthew/11-19.htm" ><b>19</b></a>The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, <b>Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber</b>,<b> a friend of publicans and sinners</b>. But wisdom is justified of her children.</p>
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The jewish authorities were not happy with ANY challenge to their power; John the Baptist and Jesus were very different in their approach to the same problem.</p>