Verse 16

To what can I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling out to their companions:

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  • Luke 7:31-35 : 31 Jesus said, 'To what, then, can I compare the people of this generation? What are they like?' 32 'They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling to one another: "We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a lament, and you did not weep."' 33 'For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, "He has a demon!"' 34 'The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, "Look, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!"' 35 'Yet wisdom is justified by all her children.'
  • Luke 13:18 : 18 Then Jesus said, 'What is the kingdom of God like? What shall I compare it to?
  • Lam 2:13 : 13 What can I say on your behalf? To what can I compare you, O daughter of Jerusalem? What can I liken you to, so that I may comfort you, O virgin daughter of Zion? Your wound is as vast as the sea—who can heal you?
  • Matt 12:34 : 34 You brood of vipers! How can you speak good things when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
  • Matt 23:36 : 36 Truly, I tell you, all these things will come upon this generation.
  • Matt 24:34 : 34 Truly I tell you, this generation will not pass away until all these things have taken place.
  • Mark 4:30 : 30 He also said, 'To what can we compare the kingdom of God? Or with what parable can we illustrate it?'