Matthew 11:16

"But to what shall I compare the present generation? It is like children sitting in the open places, who call to their playmates.

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the markets, and calling unto their fellows,

In Context

15Listen, every one who has ears!

17"`We have played the flute to you,' they say, `and you have not danced: we have sung dirges, and you have not beaten your breasts.'

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Cross References

Matthew 12:34O vipers' brood, how can you speak what is good when you are evil? For it is from the overflow of the heart that the mouth speaks.

Matthew 24:34I tell you in solemn truth that the present generation will certainly not pass away without all these things having first taken place.

Luke 7:31"To what then shall I compare the men of the present generation, and what do they resemble?

Matthew Henry on Matthew 11:8-16

Christ's Testimony of John. 7 And as they departed, Jesus began to say unto the multitudes concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind? 8 But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? behold, they that wear soft clothing are in kings' houses. 9 But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? yea, I say unto you, and more than a prophet. 10 For this is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way… Read the whole commentary →

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