And ye did not weep (κα ουκ εκλαυσατε). Here Mt 1:17 has "and ye did not mourn (or beat your breast, ουκ εκοψασθε). They all did i…

And all the people that heard him, and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John. But the Pharisees and lawyers rej…

St. John Chrysostom: Having declared the praises of John, he next exposes the great fault of the Pharisees and lawyers, who re…

Attention now turns to the contrast between the response of the people (cf. comment on 1:17) and of their hostile leaders to John and Jesus. The ta…

They are like to children
The Pharisees and lawyers, who rejected the counsel of God, and the baptism of John, were …

To His miracles in the kingdom of nature, Christ adds this one in the kingdom of grace: To the poor the gospel is preached. This clearly p…