To whom shall I speak and testify, that they may hear? Behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of Jehovah is unto them a reproach; they have no delight in it.

And this is the judgment, that light is come into the world, and men have loved darkness rather than light; for their works were evil.

that the word of the prophet Esaias which he said might be fulfilled, Lord, who has believed our report? and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?

Weaned

Surely I have restrained and composed my soul, like a weaned child with its mother: my soul within me is as a weaned child.

At that time, Jesus answering said, I praise thee, Father, Lord of the heaven and of the earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them to babes.

And when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonders which he wrought, and the children crying in the temple and saying, Hosanna to the Son of David, they were indignant,

Verily I say to you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, shall in no wise enter into it.

as newborn babes desire earnestly the pure mental milk of the word, that by it ye may grow up to salvation,

General references

And I said, Surely these are the wretched ones, they are foolish; for they know not the way of Jehovah, the judgment of their God.

But he said, Are ye also still without intelligence?

And he says to them, Are ye also thus unintelligent? Do ye not perceive that all that is outside entering into the man cannot defile him,