Luke 7:31
“¶ And the Lord said, whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like?”
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Luke 7:31 Context
29And all the people that heard him, and the Publicanes, iustified God, being baptized with the baptisme of Iohn. 30But the Pharisees and Lawyers reiected the counsell of God against themselues, being not baptized of him. 31¶ And the Lord said, whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like? 32They are like vnto children sitting in the market place, & calling one to another, and saying, We haue piped vnto you, and ye haue not danced: wee haue mourned to you, and yee haue not wept. 33For Iohn the Baptist came, neither eating bread, nor drinking wine, and ye say, He hath a deuill.
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And the Lord said, Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like?
- King James Version
"To what then shall I compare the men of this generation, and what are they like?
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation, and to what are they like?
- American Standard Version (1901)
What comparison am I to make of the men of this generation? what are they like?
- Basic English Bible
To whom therefore shall I liken the men of this generation, and to whom are they like?
- Darby Bible
And the Lord said, To what then shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like?
- Webster's Bible
To what then shall I compare the men of the present generation, and what do they resemble?
- Weymouth Bible
To what then will I liken the people of this generation? What are they like?
- World English Bible
And the Lord seide, Therfor to whom schal Y seie `men of this generacioun lijk, and to whom ben thei lijk?
- Wycliffe Bible
And the Lord said, `To what, then, shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like?
- Youngs Literal Bible