“But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces, who call to their companions
What shall I testify to you? What shall I liken to you, daughter of Jerusalem? What shall I compare to you, that I may comfort you, virgin daughter of Zion? For your breach is as big as the sea. Who can heal you?
He who has ears to hear, let him hear.
and say, ‘We played the flute for you, and you didn’t dance. We mourned for you, and you didn’t lament.’
You offspring of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.
Most certainly I tell you, all these things will come upon this generation.
the salutations in the marketplaces, and to be called ‘Rabbi, Rabbi’ by men.
Most certainly I tell you, this generation will not pass away until all these things are accomplished.
In his teaching he said to them, “Beware of the scribes, who like to walk in long robes, and to get greetings in the marketplaces,
He said, “How will we liken God’s Kingdom? Or with what parable will we illustrate it?
Woe to you Pharisees! For you love the best seats in the synagogues and the greetings in the marketplaces.
He said, “What is God’s Kingdom like? To what shall I compare it?