What can I say for you, to what compare you, O daughter Jerusalem? To what can I liken you, that I may comfort you, O virgin daughter Zion? For vast as the sea is your ruin; who can heal you?
Matthew 11:16 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 “But to what will I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling to one another, Plus de versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the marketplaces, who call unto their fellows Common English Bible “To what will I compare this generation? It is like a child sitting in the marketplaces calling out to others, Catholic Public Domain Version But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplace, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But whereunto shall I esteem this generation to be like? It is like to children sitting in the market place. |
What can I say for you, to what compare you, O daughter Jerusalem? To what can I liken you, that I may comfort you, O virgin daughter Zion? For vast as the sea is your ruin; who can heal you?
‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we wailed, and you did not mourn.’
You brood of vipers! How can you speak good things when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
and to be greeted with respect in the marketplaces and to have people call them rabbi.
Truly I tell you, this generation will not pass away until all these things have taken place.
As he taught, he said, “Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes and to be greeted with respect in the marketplaces
He also said, “With what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable will we use for it?
Woe to you Pharisees! For you love to have the seat of honor in the synagogues and to be greeted with respect in the marketplaces.
He said therefore, “What is the kingdom of God like? And to what should I compare it?