马太福音第十一章第25节，耶稣告诉人们：那些“聪明通达人”对世界里的道理和规矩聪明通达，但是由于不能否定他们自己，这些世界的逻辑挡住了他们看到天国的视线，所以他们不能悔改归向耶稣；而婴孩对世界里的道理一无所知，因此听到天国的真理反而容易明白。

太11:20 耶稣在诸城中行了许多异能、那些城的人终不悔改、就在那时候责备他们说、

Then he began to denounce the cities in which most of his mighty works had been done, because they didn't repent.

太11:21 哥拉汛哪、你有祸了、伯赛大阿、你有祸了、因为在你们中间所行的异能、若行在推罗西顿、他们早已披麻蒙灰悔改了。

"Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon which were done in you, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

太11:25 那时、耶稣说、父阿、天地的主、我感谢你、因为你将这些事、向聪明通达人、就藏起来、向婴孩、就显出来．

At that time, Jesus answered, "I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you hid these things from the wise and understanding, and revealed them to infants.