The scribes, the Pharisees, the priests, are not moved at all. What they say is derogatory.
Is that not just like human beings? The Jewish leaders reflect all of us because we are exactly the same. God has created the world. There is all the evidence of order and design, of a mind behind the universe. ‘Oh do not confuse me with that. I believe in evolution. I believe in millions of years and the mighty process of accident. I believe everything must be explained materially and physically. I do not believe in any divine hand.’ Ignore the miracle, ignore the mighty, ignore the spiritual, ignore the obvious – go straight to the charge sheet. Go straight to the negative: ‘What man is that which said unto thee, Take up thy bed, and walk?’