Those who led the way rebuked him and told him to be quiet, but he shouted all the more, Son of David, have mercy on me — the crowd's rebuke produces more shouting rather than silence. All the more (polly mallon): the persistence in the face of opposition increases rather than decreases. The persistence that the unjust-judge parable modeled is displayed here.

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