But whereunto shall I liken, etc. Christ proceeds to reprove the inconsistency and fickleness of the people of that age. He says they were…

He hath a devil — The phrase was a common one, simultaneously asserting the fact of insanity and ascribing it to demonic possessio…

Our Lord condemns the folly of the age in which He lived. The people would not listen to the messenger of God, whoever he might be, but raised chil…

St. Hilary of Poitiers: This entire speech is a rebuke of unbelief and arises from the previous complaint that this stiff-nec…

“For” shows that Jesus now gives the reason why the behavior of “this generation” suggests the above comparison. John the Baptist lived ascetically…

For John came neither eating nor drinking
This and the following verse are an explanation of the foregoing "parable"; and this…

Christ reflects on the scribes and Pharisees, who had an arrogant opinion of themselves. He likens their behavior to children's play: children who,…

Here He bursts out in a rebuke of the crowds. And first, He presents a question; second, He presents a kind of metaphor; and third, He explains it.…