Luke 7:31

James Moffatt - New Testament

"To what then shall I compare the men of this generation? What are they like?

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He said also, "To what can we compare the Realm of God? how are we to put it in a parable?

Now, everyone who listens to these words of mine and acts upon them will be like a sensible man who built his house on rock.

but the Pharisees and jurists, who had refused his baptism, frustrated God's purpose for themselves.)

Like children sitting in the marketplace and calling to one another, 'We piped to you and you would not dance, we lamented and you would not weep.'