Matthew 11:16 - English Majority Text Version 2009

¹⁶ But to what shall I compare this generation? It is similar to children who sit in the marketplaces and call to their playmates,

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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,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁶ 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

Matthew 11:15

He who has ears to hear, let him hear!

Matthew 11:17

and say, 'We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; We mourned to you, and you did not lament.'

Matthew 12:34

Brood of vipers! How can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

Matthew 23:36

Assuredly I say to you, all these things shall come upon this generation.

Matthew 23:7

and greetings in the marketplaces, and to be called by men, 'Rabbi, Rabbi.'

Matthew 24:34

Assuredly I say to you, this generation shall by no means pass away till all these things are fulfilled.

Mark 12:38

Then He said to them in His teaching, "Take heed of the scribes, who like to walk about in long robes, and [like] greetings in the marketplaces,

Mark 4:30

Then He said, "To what shall we compare the kingdom of God? Or by what sort of parable shall we illustrate it?

Luke 11:43

Woe to you Pharisees! Because you love the first seat in the synagogues and greetings in the marketplaces.

Luke 13:18

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