Luke 7:31

An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

“What then should I compare the people of this generation with?” [Jesus asked]. “And what are they like?

Cross References

Mark 4:30

And He continued to speak, “What shall I compare the kingdom of God to? Or, what parable will [best] illustrate it?

Matthew 7:24

“Every person therefore, who hears these words of mine and obeys them will be like the sensible person who built his house on a [foundation of] rock.

Luke 7:30

But the Pharisees and the teachers of the Law of Moses, who would not be immersed by John, rejected God’s purpose for themselves.

Luke 7:32

They are like children sitting in the open shopping market, calling to one another, saying, ‘We [pretended we] were making music [at a wedding] but you did not dance; we [pretended we] were wailing [at a funeral] but you did not cry [along with us].’