Matthew 11:16–19
Jesus spoke to the crowds, “But to what will I compare
this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling to
one another, ‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we wailed,
and you did not mourn.’ For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they
say, ‘He has a demon’; 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.”
Reflection
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Am I occasionally cynical and
critical? Do I disparage the humble efforts of others when they do their best?
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Do I bear faithful witness to
Jesus by good deeds?