Matthew 11:18–19
John was putting the passions of the flesh to death through an ascetic life; Jesus, as God, was putting them to death by an authoritative law, not helped by ascetic toils. John, “preaching a baptism of repentance,” (Matthew 11:18–19) was a type of gloom for those who ought to mourn for that; the Lord, “preaching the kingdom of heaven,” was showing brightness in himself, through which he now sketches for the faithful the life to come and toilless joy.
Greek
Ὁ μὲν γὰρ Ἰωάννης δι' ἀσκητικοῦ βίου τὰ τῆς σαρκὸς ἐνέκρου πάθη, ὁ δὲ Ἰησοῦς ὡς θεὸς ἐξουσιαστικῷ νόμῳ ταῦτα ἐνέκρου, οὐ μὴν δι' ἀσκητικῶν πόνων βοηθούμενος. καὶ ὁ μὲν Ἰωάννης "κηρύσσων βάπτισμα μετανοίας" τύπος ἦν κατηφείας τοῖς ὀφείλουσιν ἐπὶ τούτῳ πενθεῖν, ὁ δὲ κύριος "βασιλείαν οὐρανῶν κηρύσσων" τὸ φαιδρὸν ἐν ἑαυτῷ ἐπεδείκνυτο, δι' οὗ νῦν τοῖς πιστοῖς ὑπογράφει τὴν ἐσομένην ζωὴν καὶ τὴν ἄπονον χαράν.