31To whom therefore shall I liken the men of this generation, and to whom are they like?


In Context

28 for I say unto you, Among them that are born of women a greater prophet is no one than John the baptist; but he who is a little one in the kingdom of God is greater than he.

29 (And all the people who heard it, and the tax-gatherers, justified God, having been baptised with the baptism of John;

30 but the Pharisees and the lawyers rendered null as to themselves the counsel of God, not having been baptised by him.)

31 To whom therefore shall I liken the men of this generation, and to whom are they like?

32 They are like children sitting in the market-place, and calling one to another and saying, We have piped to you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned to you, and ye have not wept.

33 For John the baptist has come neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and ye say, He has a demon.

Luke 7:31 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:31And the Lord said, Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like?

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

7:31"To what, then, can I compare the people of this generation? What are they like?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

7:31And the Lord said: Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

7:31Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation, and to what are they like?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

7:31Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation, and to what are they like?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:31And the Lord said, To what then shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:31|To what then will I liken the people of this generation? What are they like?

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

7:31And the Lord said, 'To what, then, shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like?

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:31And the Lord said, Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like?