Matthew 11:16 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

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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

Lamentations 2:13

What shall I testify unto thee? what shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? what shall I equal to thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? for thy breach is great like the sea: who can heal thee?

Matthew 11:15

He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

Matthew 11:17

and say, We piped unto you, and ye did not dance; we wailed, and ye did not mourn.

Matthew 12:34

Ye offspring of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

Matthew 23:36

Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation.

Matthew 23:7

and the salutations in the marketplaces, and to be called of men, Rabbi.

Matthew 24:34

Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all these things be accomplished.

Mark 12:38

And in his teaching he said, Beware of the scribes, which desire to walk in long robes, and to have salutations in the marketplaces,

Mark 4:30

And he said, How shall we liken the kingdom of God? or in what parable shall we set it forth?

Luke 11:43

Woe unto you Pharisees! for ye love the chief seats in the synagogues, and the salutations in the marketplaces.

Luke 13:18

He said therefore, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall I liken it?