Luke 7:31 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

“What then should I compare the people of this generation with?” [Jesus asked]. “And what are they like?

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

So to what shall I compare the men of this generation? And what are they like?

American Standard Version (1901)

Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation, and to what are they like?

Common English Bible

“To what will I compare the people of this generation?” Jesus asked. “What are they like?

Catholic Public Domain Version

Then the Lord said: "Therefore, to what shall I compare the men of this generation? And to what are they similar?

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

Luke 7:31 Cross References

Matthew 7:24

“Every person therefore, who hears these words of mine and obeys them will be like the sensible person who built his house on a [foundation of] rock.

Mark 4:30

And He continued to speak, “What shall I compare the kingdom of God to? Or, what parable will [best] illustrate it?

Luke 7:30

But the Pharisees and the teachers of the Law of Moses, who would not be immersed by John, rejected God’s purpose for themselves.

Luke 7:32

They are like children sitting in the open shopping market, calling to one another, saying, ‘We [pretended we] were making music [at a wedding] but you did not dance; we [pretended we] were wailing [at a funeral] but you did not cry [along with us].’