`And to what shall I liken this generation? it is like little children in market-places, sitting and calling to their comrades,
What do I testify to thee, what do I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? What do I equal to thee, and I comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? For great as a sea is thy breach, Who doth give healing to thee?
he who is having ears to hear--let him hear.
and saying, We piped unto you, and ye did not dance, we lamented to you, and ye did not smite the breast.
`Brood of vipers! how are ye able to speak good things--being evil? for out of the abundance of the heart doth the mouth speak.
verily I say to you, all these things shall come upon this generation.
and the salutations in the market-places, and to be called by men, Rabbi, Rabbi.
Verily I say to you, this generation may not pass away till all these may come to pass.
and he was saying to them in his teaching, `Beware of the scribes, who will in long robes to walk, and love salutations in the market-places,
And he said, `To what may we liken the reign of God, or in what simile may we compare it?
`Woe to you, the Pharisees, because ye love the first seats in the synagogues, and the salutations in the market-places.
And he said, `To what is the reign of God like? and to what shall I liken it?