Matthew 11:16

Holman Christian Standard Bible

“To what should I compare this generation? It’s like children sitting in the marketplaces who call out to each other:

Cross References

Lamentations 2:13

What can I say on your behalf? What can I compare you to, Daughter Jerusalem? What can I liken you to, so that I may console you, Virgin Daughter Zion? For your ruin is as vast as the sea. Who can heal you?

Matthew 11:15

Anyone who has ears should listen!

Matthew 11:17

We played the flute for you, but you didn’t dance; we sang a lament, but you didn’t mourn!

Matthew 12:34

Brood of vipers! How can you speak good things when you are evil? For the mouth speaks from the overflow of the heart.

Matthew 23:36

I assure you: All these things will come on this generation!

Matthew 23:7

greetings in the marketplaces, and to be called ‘Rabbi’ by people.

Matthew 24:34

I assure you: This generation will certainly not pass away until all these things take place.

Mark 12:38

He also said in His teaching, “Beware of the scribes, who want to go around in long robes, and who want greetings in the marketplaces,

Mark 4:30

And He said: “How can we illustrate the kingdom of God, or what parable can we use to describe it?

Luke 11:43

“Woe to you Pharisees! You love the front seat in the synagogues and greetings in the marketplaces.

Luke 13:18

He said, therefore, “What is the kingdom of God like, and what can I compare it to?