But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the markets, and calling unto their fellows,
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Gill's Exposition
And saying, we have piped unto you, and ye have not danced,.... The allusion is to Jewish children, who having seen their parents and friends at their festivals and weddings, some play upon the pipe,…
But whereunto shall I liken ... - Christ proceeds to reprove the inconsistency and fickleness of that age of people. He says they were like children - nothing pleased them. He refers here to the…
Christ was going on in the praise of John the Baptist and his ministry, but here stops on a sudden, and turns that to the reproach of those who enjoyed both that, and the ministry of Christ and his…
Cambridge Bible
But whereunto shall I liken this generation? The children who complain of their companions are the Jews who are satisfied neither with Jesus nor with John. This generation is out of sympathy with the…
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