Matthew 11:16 Douay-Rheims

But whereunto shall I esteem this generation to be like? It is like to children sitting in the market place.

George Leo Haydock

1774–1849 Catholic

Is like to children, &c. This similtude signifies that there was nothing necessary for their salvation, which God had not abundantly provided for; but they had pertinaciously continued in their incredulity. To explain this, he uses a similitude taken from morose children, whom nothing can please; he appears to refer to some custom of that time with which we are little acquainted. (Menochius)

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1849 · Matthew 11:16

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