Matthew 11:16 - Tree of Life Version

¹⁶ “But to what shall I compare this generation? It’s like children sitting in the marketplaces who call to one other, saying,

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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

How can I admonish you? To what can I compare you, O daughter of Jerusalem? To what can I liken you, so that I might console you, O virgin daughter of Zion? For your wound is as deep as the sea! Who can heal you?

Matthew 11:15

He who has ears, let him hear!

Matthew 11:17

‘We played the flute for you, but you did not dance. We wailed, but you did not mourn.’

Matthew 12:34

You brood of vipers! How can you who are evil say anything good? For from the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks.

Matthew 23:36

Amen, I tell you, all these things will come upon this generation.”

Matthew 23:7

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

Matthew 24:34

Amen, I tell you, this generation will not pass away until all these things happen.

Mark 12:38

In His teaching He said, “Watch out for the Torah scholars, who like to walk around in long robes. They like greetings in the marketplaces,

Mark 4:30

Yeshua also said, “How should we picture the kingdom of God? Or by what story shall we present it?

Luke 11:43

Woe to you Pharisees, for you love the best seats in the synagogues and the greetings in the marketplaces.

Luke 13:18

So Yeshua was saying, “What is the kingdom of God like? To what shall I compare it?