Bible verse
To what can I compare this generation? They are like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling out to others:
Matthew 11:16 · BSB
The verses around it, from Matthew 11.
12 From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven has been subject to violence, and the violent lay claim to it.
13 For all the Prophets and the Law prophesied until John.
14 And if you are willing to accept it, he is the Elijah who was to come.
15 He who has ears, let him hear.
16 To what can I compare this generation? They are like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling out to others:
17 ‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.’
18 For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon!’
19 The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Look at this glutton and drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ But wisdom is vindicated by her actions.”
20 Then Jesus began to denounce the cities in which most of His miracles had been performed, because they did not repent.
KJV
But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the markets, and calling unto their fellows,
ASV
But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the marketplaces, who call unto their fellows
ERV
But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the marketplaces, which call unto their fellows,
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