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17. ὦ γενεὰ ἄπιστος καὶ διεστραμμένη, addressed to the scribes and the multitude thronging round, as representing the whole nation. The disciples, if not specially addressed, are by no means excluded from the rebuke. For this moral sense of διαστρέφω cp. Luk 23:2, τοῦτον εὕρομεν διαστρέφοντα τὸ ἔθνος, Php 2:15 (Deu 32:5), γενεᾶς σκολιᾶς καὶ διεστραμμένης, and Polyb. VIII. 24. 3, διεστρέφετο ὑπὸ κόλακος.