Luke 7:31

WEB

³¹“^[+] To what then should I compare the people of this generation? What are they like?

KJV

³¹¶ And the Lord said, Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like?

BSB

³¹“To what, then, can I compare the men of this generation? What are they like?

FBV

³¹“What shall I compare these people to?” asked Jesus. “What are they like?

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Extra References

Matthew 11:16-19

¹⁶“But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces, who call to their companions ¹⁷and say, ‘We played the flute for you, and you didn’t dance. We mourned for you, and you didn’t lament.’ ¹⁸For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon.’ ¹⁹The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Behold, a gluttonous man and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ But wisdom is justified by her children.”

Lamentations 2:13

¹³What shall I testify to you? What shall I liken to you, daughter of Jerusalem? What shall I compare to you, that I may comfort you, virgin daughter of Zion? For your breach is as big as the sea. Who can heal you?

Mark 4:30

³⁰He said, “How will we liken God’s Kingdom? Or with what parable will we illustrate it?