What can I say for you, to what compare you, O daughter Jerusalem? To what can I liken you, that I may comfort you, O virgin daughter Zion? For vast as the sea is your ruin; who can heal you?
Luke 7:31 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 “To what, then, will I compare the people of this generation, and what are they like? More versionsKing 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? |
What can I say for you, to what compare you, O daughter Jerusalem? To what can I liken you, that I may comfort you, O virgin daughter Zion? For vast as the sea is your ruin; who can heal you?
“Everyone, then, who hears these words of mine and acts on them will be like a wise man who built his house on rock.
He also said, “With what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable will we use for it?
But the Pharisees and the experts in the law, not having been baptized by him, rejected God’s purpose for themselves.)
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 wailed, and you did not weep.’