For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon.' The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Look, a glutton and a winebibber, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ But wisdom is justified by all her children.”

Luke 7:33-35(NKJV)

There are some people you will never be able to please or who will think poorly of you no matter what you do or say. They are fault finders who enjoy accusing and opposing you in a variety of ways. If they can't find a fault, they will invent one just to cause trouble and make your life miserable.

People vilified John the Baptist and Jesus because they expected certain behaviours from them. They mocked John as demon-possessed because of his austere demeanour, and they maligned Jesus as hedonistic because of the company He kept. Jesus compared these fault-finders to spoilt brats who were difficult to please and refused to be appeased (cf. Luke 7:32). In their name-calling and insults, they somehow missed God's grace at work in raising John to prepare them for the gospel and Jesus to redeem them through the gospel. They would be left with nothing as a result of their refusal to accept those sent by God to save them.

Jesus used a proverb—"wisdom is justified by all her children"— emphasising the importance of choosing God's eternal truth over the shifting sands of human opinion and criticism. In this verse, wisdom refers to God's amazing plan of salvation as announced by John and fulfilled by Jesus.

Don't be like the spoiled brats who rejected God's goodness, but rather like grateful children who rejoice in God's gift of grace. The Apostle Paul tells us that the gospel is "foolishness to those who are perishing" (1 Corinthians 1:18) but those who can see Jesus as God's wisdom of salvation in the gospel (1 Corinthians 1:30) will discover their right standing before God through Him.