»To what then shall I compare the men of the present generation, and what do they resemble?«
»Every one who hears these my teachings and acts upon them will be found to resemble a wise man who builds his house upon rock;«
Another saying of His was this: »How are we to picture the Kingdom of God? or by what figure of speech shall we represent it?
But the Pharisees and expounders of the Law have frustrated God's purpose as to their own lives, by refusing to be baptized.
They are like children sitting in the public square and calling out to one another, `We have played the flute to you, and you have not danced: we have sung dirges, and you have not shown sorrow.'