But to what shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the markets, and calling unto their fellows,
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Is like to children This similtude signifies that there was nothing necessary for their salvation, which God had not abundantly provided for; but they had pertinaciously continued in their incredulity. To explain this, he uses a similitude taken from morose children, whom nothing can please; he appears to refer to some custom of that time with which we are little acquainted. (Menochius)
