Verse 17
17. Faithless and perverse generation The scribes, who stood by cavilling at the failure; the people, who had brought the devil into such power over themselves and children by their sins; and the disciples, whose weak faith subjected the cause of God to ridicule, are all a part of this faithless and perverse generation, and all have a share in this rebuke of our Lord. He had just come from the celestial transfiguration on the mount; and how terrible was the transition to the company of devils, demoniacs, depraved unbelievers and weak disciples. Suffer you Moses, in Numbers 22:10, complained, and he was therein sinful; for no sinner may thus rebuke his fellow. But with Christ the pure, not merely the gain sayings of the wicked, but the short comings of humanity, were a true source of profound suffering.
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