Matthew 11:7
Douay-Rheims
And when they went their way, Jesus began to say to the multitudes concerning John: What went you out into the desert to see? a reed shaken with the wind?
Jerome
This teaches that an austere life and strict preaching ought to shun kings’ courts and the palaces of the rich and luxurious.
Source details
A.D. 420 · as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Matthew 11:7-10
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.