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Matthew 11:16

English Majority Text Version

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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He who has ears to hear, let him hear!

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

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

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

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

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

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,

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

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

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