16"To what can I compare this generation? They are like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling out to others:


In Context

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.'

Matthew 11:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:16But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the markets, and calling unto their fellows,

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

11:16But whereunto shall I esteem this generation to be like? It is like to children sitting in the market place.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

11:16But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the marketplaces, who call unto their fellows

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:16But to whom shall I liken this generation? It is like children sitting in the markets, which, calling to their companions,

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

11:16But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the marketplaces, which call unto their fellows,

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:16But to what shall I liken this generation? It is like to children sitting in the markets, and calling to their fellows,

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:16|But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces, who call to their companions

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

11:16'And to what shall I liken this generation? it is like little children in market-places, sitting and calling to their comrades,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:16But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like to children sitting in the markets, and calling to their fellows,