⁹ To whom will he give knowledge? and to whom will he make clear the word? Will it be to those who have newly given up milk, and who have only now been taken from the breast?

² See, I have made my soul calm and quiet, like a child on its mother's breast; my soul is like a child on its mother's breast.

¹⁰ To whom am I to give word, witnessing so that they may take note? see, their ears are stopped, and they are not able to give attention: see, the word of the Lord has been a cause of shame to them, they have no delight in it.

² Be full of desire for the true milk of the word, as babies at their mothers' breasts, so that you may go on to salvation;

⁴⁷ And if any man gives ear to my words and does not keep them, I am not his judge: I did not come to be judge of the world but to give salvation to the world.

⁴⁸ He who puts me on one side and does not take my words to heart, is not without a judge: the word which I have said will be his judge on the last day.

³⁸ So that the words of the prophet Isaiah might come true, when he said, Lord, who has any belief in our preaching? and the arm of the Lord, to whom has it been unveiled?

¹⁹ And this is the test by which men are judged: the light has come into the world and men have more love for the dark than for the light, because their acts are evil.

¹⁵ Truly I say to you, Whoever does not put himself under the kingdom of God like a little child, will not come into it at all.

¹⁵ But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the works of power which he did, and the children crying out in the Temple, Glory to the son of David, they were angry and said to him,

¹⁶ Have you any idea what these are saying? And Jesus said to them, Yes: have you not seen in the Writings, From the lips of children and babies at the breast you have made your praise complete?

²⁵ At that time Jesus made answer and said, I give praise to you, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have kept these things secret from the wise and the men of learning, and have made them clear to little children.

³¹ The prophets give false words and the priests give decisions by their direction; and my people are glad to have it so: and what will you do in the end?

¹³ And all your builders will be made wise by the Lord; and great will be the peace of your children.

¹ Who would have had faith in the word which has come to our ears, and to whom had the arm of the Lord been unveiled?

⁴ The Lord God has given me the tongue of those who are experienced, so that I may be able to give the word a special sense for the feeble: every morning my ear is open to his teaching, like those who are experienced:

¹⁷ The Lord who takes up your cause, the Holy One of Israel, says, I am the Lord your God, who is teaching you for your profit, guiding you by the way in which you are to go.

²⁰ And though the Lord will give you the bread of trouble and the water of grief, you will no longer put your teacher on one side, but you will see your teacher:

¹⁰ Who say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Do not give us word of what is true, but say false things to give us pleasure:

¹¹ Get out of the good way, turning from the right road; do not keep the Holy One of Israel before our minds.

¹² For this cause the Holy One of Israel says, Because you will not give ear to this word, and are looking for help in ways of deceit and evil, and are putting your hope in them:

²⁶ For his God is his teacher, giving him the knowledge of these things.

²⁹ For they were haters of knowledge, and did not give their hearts to the fear of the Lord:

¹⁷ Seeing that you have no desire for my teaching, turning your back on my words.