31 "To what then shall I compare the men of this generation , and what are they like ? 32 "They are like children who sit in the market place and call to one another , and they say , 'We played the flute for you, and you did not dance ; we sang a dirge , and you did not weep .' 33 "For John the Baptist has come eating no bread and drinking no wine , and you say , 'He has a demon !' 34 "The Son of Man has come eating and drinking , and you say , 'Behold , a gluttonous man and a drunkard , a friend of tax collectors and sinners !' 35 "Yet wisdom is vindicated by all her children ."
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Luke 7:31-35
Commentary on Luke 7:19-35
(Read Luke 7:19-35)
To his miracles in the kingdom of nature, Christ adds this in the kingdom of grace, To the poor the gospel is preached. It clearly pointed out the spiritual nature of Christ's kingdom, that the messenger he sent before him to prepare his way, did it by preaching repentance and reformation of heart and life. We have here the just blame of those who were not wrought upon by the ministry of John Baptist or of Jesus Christ himself. They made a jest of the methods God took to do them good. This is the ruin of multitudes; they are not serious in the concerns of their souls. Let us study to prove ourselves children of Wisdom, by attending the instructions of God's word, and adoring those mysteries and glad tidings which infidels and Pharisees deride and blaspheme.