Saying 91: You Cannot Read This Moment
They ask him to say who he is so they can believe; he replies that they examine the face of the sky and the earth but have not recognised what is in front of them, and do not know how to read this moment.
Commentary
A pointed answer to a request for credentials. The failure is not lack of evidence but lack of attention — the same charge as sayings 5 and 51.
Parallels
Matthew 16:1–3; Luke 12:54–56
Sayings on the same themes
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- Saying 24 Saying 24: The Light Within a Person of Light Asked to show them where he is, Jesus answers that there is light inside a person of light, and it lights the…
- Saying 34 Saying 34: The Blind Leading the Blind If a blind person leads a blind person, both of them fall into a pit.
- Saying 105 Saying 105: Whoever Knows the Father and the Mother Whoever knows the father and the mother will be called the child of a prostitute.
- Saying 66 Saying 66: The Rejected Stone Show me the stone the builders rejected: that is the cornerstone.