And, behold, you are to them as a singer of love songs with a beautiful voice, and playing well on an instrument. For they hear your words, but they are not doing them.
You see many things, but do not observe; your ears are open, but do not hear.
And I have declared it to you this day, but you have not obeyed the voice of Jehovah your God, or anything for which He has sent me to you.
And the men of the elders of Israel came to me and sat before me.
For Herod feared John, knowing him to be a holy and just man, and kept him safe. And hearing him, he did many things, and gladly heard from him.
That one was the burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to exult in his light for an hour.