Matthew 11:16 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

“But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the market places and calling to their playmates,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

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)

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

Common English Bible

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

Catholic Public Domain Version

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

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

But whereunto shall I esteem this generation to be like? It is like to children sitting in the market place.

Matthew 11:16 Cross References

Lamentations 2:13

What can I say for you, to what compare you, O daughter of Jerusalem? What can I liken to you, that I may comfort you, O virgin daughter of Zion? For vast as the sea is your ruin; who can restore you?

Matthew 11:15

He who has ears to hear, let him hear.

Matthew 11:17

‘We piped to you, and you did not dance; we wailed, and you did not mourn.’

Matthew 12:34

You brood of vipers! how can you speak good, when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

Matthew 23:36

Truly, I say to you, all this will come upon this generation.

Matthew 23:7

and salutations in the market places, and being called rabbi by men.

Matthew 24:34

Truly, I say to you, this generation will not pass away till all these things take place.

Mark 12:38

And in his teaching he said, “Beware of the scribes, who like to go about in long robes, and to have salutations in the market places

Mark 4:30

And he said, “With what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable shall we use for it?

Luke 11:43

Woe to you Pharisees! for you love the best seat in the synagogues and salutations in the market places.

Luke 13:18

He said therefore, “What is the kingdom of God like? And to what shall I compare it?