◄ Matthew 11:16 ►
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Good News Translation
"Now, to what can I compare the people of this day? They are like children sitting in the marketplace. One group shouts to the other,

New Revised Standard Version
“But to what will I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling to one another,

Contemporary English Version
You people are like children sitting in the market and shouting to each other,

New American Bible
“To what shall I compare this generation? It is like children who sit in marketplaces and call to one another,

Douay-Rheims Bible
But whereunto shall I esteem this generation to be like? It is like to children sitting in the market place.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

But whereunto shall I esteem this generation to be like? It is like to children sitting in the market place.

whereunto.

Lamentations 2:13 Mem. To what shall I compare thee? or to what shall I liken thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? to what shall I equal thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Sion? for great as the sea is thy destruction: who shall heal thee?

Mark 4:30 And he said: To what shall we liken the kingdom of God? or to what parable shall we compare it?

Luke 13:18 He said therefore: To what is the kingdom of God like, and whereunto shall I resemble it?

this.

Matthew 12:34 O generation of vipers, how can you speak good things, whereas you are evil? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

Matthew 23:36 Amen I say to you, all these things shall come upon this generation.

Matthew 24:34 Amen I say to you that this generation shall not pass till all these things be done.

It is.

Luke 7:31-35 And the Lord said: Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? And to what are they like? . . .

Context
Jesus Testifies about John
…15He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. 16But whereunto shall I esteem this generation to be like? It is like to children sitting in the market place. 17Who crying to their companions say: We have piped to you, and you have not danced: we have lamented, and you have not mourned.…
Cross References
Matthew 11:15
He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

Matthew 11:17
Who crying to their companions say: We have piped to you, and you have not danced: we have lamented, and you have not mourned.

Matthew 23:7
And salutations in the market place, and to be called by men, Rabbi.

Mark 12:38
And he said to them in his doctrine: Beware of the scribes, who love to walk in long robes and to be saluted in the marketplace,

Luke 11:43
Woe to you, Pharisees, because you love the uppermost seats in the synagogues and salutations in the marketplace.

Matthew 11:15
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