‘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?