Luke 7:31-35 31 "To what then will I compare the people of this generation, and what are they like? 32 They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling to one another, 'We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we wailed, 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, 'Look, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!' 35 Nevertheless, wisdom is vindicated (justified) by all her children."
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Wisdom is justified by all her children. People have a tendency to make up truth as they go along to justify their desires at the time. But this kind of truth and this kind of wisdom doesn't lead to life. We really have to guard ourselves against this or we will find ourselves on the wrong road - hurting ourselves and those in our paths. Those who accept the wisdom of God and realize they don't have to understand God's wisdom in order to obey God - their lives will demonstrate true wisdom.
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The other gospels weigh in...
Matthew 11:16-19 16 "But to what will I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling to one another, 17 'We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we wailed, and you did not mourn.' 18 For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, 'He has a demon'; 19 the Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'Look, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!' Yet wisdom is vindicated by her deeds."
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