Commentary on a Harmony of the Evangelists Matthew Mark and Luke John Calvin (continued)
Matthew 11:16-19; Luke 7:29-35
MATTHEW 11:16-19; Luke 7:29-35
Matthew 11:16-19
Luke 7:29-35
16. But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children, who sit in the market-place, and call out to their companions, 17. And say, We have played on the flute to you, and you have not danced; we have sung mournful airs to you, and you have not lamented. 18. For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a devil. 19. The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Lo, a man who is a glutton and a wine-bibber, 627 a friend to publicans and sinners; and Wisdom is justified by her children.
29. And all the people hearing, and the publicans, justified God, having been baptized with the baptism of John. 628 30. But Pharisees and Lawyers 629 despised 630 the counsel of God in themselves, 631 having not been baptized by him. 31.
And the Lord said, To what then shall I compare the men of this generation? and to what are they like? 32. They are like children sitting in the market-place, and calling out to each other, and saying, We have played on the flute to you, and you have not danced; we have sung mournful airs to you, and you have not wept. 33. For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, He hath a devil.
34. The Son of man came eating and drinking, and you say, Lo, a man gluttonous and a wine-bibber, a friend to publicans and sinners. 632 35. And Wisdom is justified by all her children.
Luke 7:29. And all the people hearing. This part is left out by Matthew, though it throws no small light on the connection of the words; for it was this circumstance
627"Gourmand et; yvrongne;" — "a glutton and a drunkard." 628"Et tout le peuple qui oyoit cela, et les Peagers qui estoyent baptizez du baptesme de Iean, iustiferent Dieu." — "And all the people who heard that, and the publicans who were baptized with the baptism of John, justified God."
629"Les Docteurs de la Loy;" — "the Doctors of the Law." 630"Reietterent le conseil de Dieu;" — "rejected the counsel of God." 631"En eux-mesmes, ou, a l'encontre d'eux-mesmes;" — "in themselves, or, against themselves."
632"Ami des Peagers et gens du mauvaise vie;" — "a friend of publican and persons of wicked life."