Matthew 11:16 - New International Version (Anglicised)

¹⁶ ‘To what can I compare this generation? They are like children sitting in the market-places and calling out to others:

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ 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

¹⁶ 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)

¹⁶ But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the marketplaces, who call unto their fellows

Common English Bible

¹⁶ “To what will I compare this generation? It is like a child sitting in the marketplaces calling out to others,

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplace,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁶ But whereunto shall I esteem this generation to be like? It is like to children sitting in the market place.

Matthew 11:16 Tagairtí Cros

Lamentations 2:13

What can I say for you? With what can I compare you, Daughter Jerusalem? To what can I liken you, that I may comfort you, Virgin Daughter Zion? Your wound is as deep as the sea. Who can heal you?

Matthew 11:15

Whoever has ears, let them hear.

Matthew 11:17

‘ “We played the pipe for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.”

Matthew 12:34

You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.

Matthew 23:36

Truly I tell you, all this will come upon this generation.

Matthew 23:7

they love to be greeted with respect in the market-places and to be called “Rabbi” by others.

Matthew 24:34

Truly I tell you, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened.

Mark 12:38

As he taught, Jesus said, ‘Watch out for the teachers of the law. They like to walk around in flowing robes and be greeted with respect in the market-places,

Mark 4:30

Again he said, ‘What shall we say the kingdom of God is like, or what parable shall we use to describe it?

Luke 11:43

‘Woe to you Pharisees, because you love the most important seats in the synagogues and respectful greetings in the market-places.

Luke 13:18

Then Jesus asked, ‘What is the kingdom of God like? What shall I compare it to?