Matthew 11:16

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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?'

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  • Luke 7:31-32
    2 verses
    87%

    31Jesus 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."'

  • Matt 11:17
    83%

    17‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.’

  • Matt 11:15
    77%

    15He who has ears, let him hear.

  • Luke 11:29-30
    2 verses
    75%

    29As the crowds were gathering, Jesus began to say, 'This generation is an evil one. It demands a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah the prophet.'

    30For just as Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, so also the Son of Man will be a sign to this generation.

  • Matt 8:12
    71%

    12But the sons of the kingdom will be cast out into the outer darkness; there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

  • Luke 13:18
    70%

    18Then Jesus said, 'What is the kingdom of God like? What shall I compare it to?

  • Luke 13:20
    70%

    20Again he asked, 'What shall I compare the kingdom of God to?

  • Matt 23:36
    70%

    36Truly, I tell you, all these things will come upon this generation.

  • Luke 15:11
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    11Then He said, 'There was a man who had two sons.'

  • Matt 18:2
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    2Jesus called a little child to him and placed the child among them.

  • Mark 8:12
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    12Sighing deeply in his spirit, he said, 'Why does this generation seek a sign? Truly I tell you, no sign will be given to this generation.'

  • Mark 4:30
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    30He also said, 'To what can we compare the kingdom of God? Or with what parable can we illustrate it?'

  • Matt 21:15-16
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    70%

    15When the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things he did and the children shouting in the temple, 'Hosanna to the Son of David!' they became indignant

    16They said to him, 'Do you hear what these children are saying?' Jesus replied, 'Yes, have you never read: Out of the mouths of infants and nursing babies, you have prepared praise?'

  • Matt 16:4
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    4An evil and adulterous generation seeks a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah the prophet." Then He left them and went away.

  • Luke 18:16-17
    2 verses
    69%

    16But Jesus called the children to him and said, 'Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.'

    17Truly I tell you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will certainly not enter it.

  • Job 21:11
    69%

    11They release their young like a flock, and their children skip about.

  • Mark 10:13-15
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    69%

    13People were bringing little children to Jesus so he could touch them, but the disciples rebuked them.

    14When Jesus saw this, he was indignant and said to them, 'Let the little children come to me; do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.'

    15'Truly I tell you, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.'

  • Matt 11:19-20
    2 verses
    69%

    19The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.’ But wisdom is proved right by her actions.

    20Then He began to denounce the cities in which most of His miracles had been performed, because they did not repent:

  • Matt 13:13-14
    2 verses
    69%

    13That is why I speak to them in parables, because although they see, they do not see; and although they hear, they do not hear or understand.

    14In them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah that says: 'You will indeed hear but never understand; you will indeed see but never perceive.'

  • Matt 15:10
    69%

    10Jesus called the crowd to him and said, “Listen and understand:

  • Zech 8:5
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    5And the streets of the city will be filled with boys and girls playing there.

  • Acts 28:26
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    26'Go to this people and say, "You will indeed hear but never understand; you will indeed see but never perceive."'

  • Luke 11:32
    69%

    32The men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented at Jonah's preaching—and look, something greater than Jonah is here.

  • Isa 30:9
    68%

    9These are a rebellious people, deceitful children, unwilling to listen to the LORD's instruction.

  • Matt 13:16
    68%

    16But blessed are your eyes, because they see, and your ears, because they hear.

  • Luke 3:7
    68%

    7John said to the crowds coming to be baptized by him, "You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?"

  • Luke 16:8
    68%

    8The master praised the dishonest manager for acting shrewdly, because the people of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their own kind than are the people of the light.

  • Matt 12:41
    68%

    41The men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented at Jonah's preaching, and look—something greater than Jonah is here.

  • Luke 5:34
    68%

    34Jesus replied, "Can you make the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them?

  • Isa 6:9
    68%

    9And He said, "Go, and say to this people: ‘Keep listening, but do not understand; keep looking, but do not perceive.’

  • Matt 15:16
    68%

    16Jesus replied, “Are you still without understanding?”

  • Luke 13:28
    68%

    28There will be weeping there, and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but you yourselves thrown out.

  • Luke 17:23
    68%

    23People will say to you, 'Look, there he is!' or 'Here he is!' Do not go running off after them.

  • Matt 11:4
    68%

    4And Jesus responded to them, "Go and report to John what you hear and see:

  • Matt 12:39
    68%

    39But He answered them, 'An evil and unfaithful generation demands a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.'

  • Matt 22:1-2
    2 verses
    68%

    1Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying:

    2The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son.

  • Matt 21:28
    68%

    28What do you think? A man had two sons. He went to the first and said, 'Son, go work today in the vineyard.'

  • Matt 11:7
    68%

    7As they were leaving, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: "What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed swayed by the wind?

  • Matt 13:10
    68%

    10Then the disciples approached him and asked, "Why do you speak to them in parables?"

  • Matt 17:17
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    17Then Jesus answered, 'O unbelieving and perverse generation, how long must I be with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring him here to Me.'

  • Luke 9:41
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    41Jesus answered, 'You unbelieving and perverse generation, how long shall I stay with you and put up with you? Bring your son here.'