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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
28For I say unto you, Among those that are born of women there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptist: but he that is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he. 29And all the people that heard him, and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John. 30But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized of him. 31And the Lord said, Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like? 32They are like unto children sitting in the marketplace, and calling one to another, and saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned to you, and ye have not wept. 33For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a devil. 34The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!
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Translation Details for 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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Wesley's Notes for Luke 7:31
7:29 And all the people - Our Lord continues his discourse: justified God - Owned his wisdom and mercy in thus calling them to repentance, and preparing them for Him that was to come.
7:30 But the Pharisees and scribes - The good, learned, honourable men: made void the counsel, the gracious design, of God toward them - They disappointed all these methods of his love, and would receive no benefit from them.
7:32 They are like children sitting in the market place - So froward and perverse, that no contrivance can be found to please them. It is plain our Lord means, that they were like the children complained of, not like those that made the complaint.
ΒΆ And the Lord said, whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like?
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
"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