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


In Context

28 For I say to you: Amongst those that are born of women, there is not a greater prophet that John the Baptist. But he that is the lesser in the kingdom of God, is greater than he.

29 And all the people hearing, and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with John's baptism.

30 But the Pharisees and the lawyers despised the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized by him.

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

32 They are like to children sitting in the marketplace, and speaking one to another, and saying: We have piped to you, and you have not danced: we have mourned, and you have not wept.

33 For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and you say: He hath a devil.

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 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:31To whom therefore shall I liken the men of this generation, and to whom 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?