What can I say for you, to what compare you, O daughter of Jerusalem? What can I liken to you, that I may comfort you, O virgin daughter of Zion? For your ruin is vast as the sea; who can heal you?
Matthew 11:16 - English Standard Version 2016 “But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling to their playmates, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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 of Jerusalem? What can I liken to you, that I may comfort you, O virgin daughter of Zion? For your ruin is vast as the sea; who can heal you?
“‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.’
You brood of vipers! How can you speak good, when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
Truly, I say to you, all these things will come upon this generation.
Truly, I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place.
And in his teaching he said, “Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes and like greetings in the marketplaces
And he said, “With what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable shall we use for it?
Woe to you Pharisees! For you love the best seat in the synagogues and greetings in the marketplaces.
He said therefore, “What is the kingdom of God like? And to what shall I compare it?