“The whole of this speech is a reproach of unbelief, and arises out of the foregoing complaint; that the stiff-necked people had not learned by two different modes of teaching.”
Hilary of Poitiers, 4th c. — Catena Aurea by Aquinas
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16But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the markets, and calling unto their fellows,
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In context
14And if ye will receive it, this is Elias, which was for to come.
15He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
— Matthew 11:16 —
17And saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented.
18For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a devil.