Matthew 11:16 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

¹⁶ ‘To what should I compare this generation? It’s like children sitting in the marketplaces who call out to other children:

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the markets, and calling unto their fellows,

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ But to what shall I liken this generation? It is like little children sitting in the marketplaces who call to their playmates,

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the marketplaces, who call unto their fellows

Common English Bible

¹⁶ “To what will I compare this generation? It is like a child sitting in the marketplaces calling out to others,

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplace,

Matthew 11:16 Cross References

Lamentations 2:13

What can I say on your behalf? What can I compare you to, Daughter Jerusalem? What can I liken you to, so that I may console you, Virgin Daughter Zion? For your ruin is as vast as the sea. Who can heal you?

Matthew 11:15

Let anyone who has ears   listen.

Matthew 11:17

We played the flute for you, but you didn’t dance; we sang a lament, but you didn’t mourn!

Matthew 12:34

Brood of vipers! How can you speak good things when you are evil? For the mouth speaks from the overflow   of the heart.

Matthew 23:36

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

Matthew 23:7

greetings in the marketplaces, and to be called “Rabbi” by people.

Matthew 24:34

Truly I tell you, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things take place.

Mark 12:38

He  also said in his teaching, ‘Beware of the scribes, who want to go around in long robes   and who want greetings in the marketplaces,

Mark 4:30

And  he said, ‘With what can we compare the kingdom of God,   or what parable   can we use to describe it?

Luke 11:43

‘Woe to you Pharisees! You love the front seat   in the synagogues   and greetings in the marketplaces.

Luke 13:18

He said, therefore, ‘What is the kingdom of God like,   and what can I compare it to?