Matthew 11:16
`And to what shall I liken this generation? it is like little children in market-places, sitting and calling to their comrades,
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- Luke 7:31-35 : 31 And the Lord said, `To what, then, shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like? 32 they are like to children, to those sitting in a market-place, and calling one to another, and saying, We piped to you, and ye did not dance, we mourned to you, and ye did not weep! 33 `For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and ye say, He hath a demon; 34 the Son of Man came eating and drinking, and ye say, Lo, a man, a glutton, and a wine drinker, a friend of tax-gatherers and sinners; 35 and the wisdom was justified from all her children.'
- Luke 13:18 : 18 And he said, `To what is the reign of God like? and to what shall I liken it?
- Lam 2:13 : 13 What do I testify `to' thee, what do I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? What do I equal to thee, and I comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? For great as a sea `is' thy breach, Who doth give healing to thee?
- Matt 12:34 : 34 `Brood of vipers! how are ye able to speak good things -- being evil? for out of the abundance of the heart doth the mouth speak.
- Matt 23:36 : 36 verily I say to you, all these things shall come upon this generation.
- Matt 24:34 : 34 Verily I say to you, this generation may not pass away till all these may come to pass.
- Mark 4:30 : 30 And he said, `To what may we liken the reign of God, or in what simile may we compare it?
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- Luke 7:31-322 verses87%
31And the Lord said, `To what, then, shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like?
32they are like to children, to those sitting in a market-place, and calling one to another, and saying, We piped to you, and ye did not dance, we mourned to you, and ye did not weep!
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17and saying, We piped unto you, and ye did not dance, we lamented to you, and ye did not smite the breast.
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15he who is having ears to hear -- let him hear.
- Luke 11:29-302 verses75%
29And the multitudes crowding together upon him, he began to say, `This generation is evil, a sign it doth seek after, and a sign shall not be given to it, except the sign of Jonah the prophet,
30for as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so also shall the Son of Man be to this generation.
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12but the sons of the reign shall be cast forth to the outer darkness -- there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of the teeth.'
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18And he said, `To what is the reign of God like? and to what shall I liken it?
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20And again he said, `To what shall I liken the reign of God?
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36verily I say to you, all these things shall come upon this generation.
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11And he said, `A certain man had two sons,
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2And Jesus having called near a child, did set him in the midst of them,
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12and having sighed deeply in his spirit, he saith, `Why doth this generation seek after a sign? Verily I say to you, no sign shall be given to this generation.'
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30And he said, `To what may we liken the reign of God, or in what simile may we compare it?
- Matt 21:15-162 verses70%
15and the chief priests and the scribes having seen the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, `Hosanna to the Son of David,' were much displeased;
16and they said to him, `Hearest thou what these say?' And Jesus saith to them, `Yes, did ye never read, that, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings Thou didst prepare praise?'
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4`A generation evil and adulterous doth seek a sign, and a sign shall not be given to it, except the sign of Jonah the prophet;' and having left them he went away.
- Luke 18:16-172 verses69%
16and Jesus having called them near, said, `Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not, for of such is the reign of God;
17verily I say to you, Whoever may not receive the reign of God as a little child, may not enter into it.'
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11They send forth as a flock their sucklings, And their children skip,
- Mark 10:13-153 verses69%
13And they were bringing to him children, that he might touch them, and the disciples were rebuking those bringing them,
14and Jesus having seen, was much displeased, and he said to them, `Suffer the children to come unto me, and forbid them not, for of such is the reign of God;
15verily I say to you, whoever may not receive the reign of God, as a child -- he may not enter into it;'
- Matt 11:19-202 verses69%
19the Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, Lo, a man, a glutton, and a wine-drinker, a friend of tax-gatherers and sinners, and wisdom was justified of her children.'
20Then began he to reproach the cities in which were done most of his mighty works, because they did not reform.
- Matt 13:13-142 verses69%
13`Because of this, in similes do I speak to them, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor understand,
14and fulfilled on them is the prophecy of Isaiah, that saith, With hearing ye shall hear, and ye shall not understand, and seeing ye shall see, and ye shall not perceive,
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10And having called near the multitude, he said to them, `Hear and understand:
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5And broad places of the city are full of boys and girls, Playing in its broad places.
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26saying, Go on unto this people and say, With hearing ye shall hear, and ye shall not understand, and seeing ye shall see, and ye shall not perceive,
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32`Men of Nineveh shall stand up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it, because they reformed at the proclamation of Jonah; and lo, greater than Jonah here!
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9That a rebellious people `is' this, sons -- liars, Sons not willing to hear the law of Jehovah.
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16`And happy are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear,
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7Then said he to the multitudes coming forth to be baptised by him, `Brood of vipers! who did prompt you to flee from the coming wrath?
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8`And the lord commended the unrighteous steward that he did prudently, because the sons of this age are more prudent than the sons of the light, in respect to their generation.
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41`Men of Nineveh shall stand up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it, for they reformed at the proclamation of Jonah, and lo, a greater than Jonah here!
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34And he said unto them, `Are ye able to make the sons of the bride-chamber -- in the bridegroom being with them -- to fast?
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9And He saith, `Go, and thou hast said to this people, Hear ye -- to hear, and ye do not understand, And see ye -- to see, and ye do not know.
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16And Jesus said, `Are ye also yet without understanding?
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28`There shall be there the weeping and the gnashing of the teeth, when ye may see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the reign of God, and yourselves being cast out without;
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23and they shall say to you, Lo, here; or lo, there; ye may not go away, nor follow;
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4And Jesus answering said to them, `Having gone, declare to John the things that ye hear and see,
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39And he answering said to them, `A generation, evil and adulterous, doth seek a sign, and a sign shall not be given to it, except the sign of Jonah the prophet;
- Matt 22:1-22 verses68%
1And Jesus answering, again spake to them in similes, saying,
2`The reign of the heavens was likened to a man, a king, who made marriage-feasts for his son,
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28`And what think ye? A man had two children, and having come to the first, he said, Child, go, to-day be working in my vineyard.'
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7And as they are going, Jesus began to say to the multitudes concerning John, `What went ye out to the wilderness to view? -- a reed shaken by the wind?
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10And the disciples having come near, said to him, `Wherefore in similes dost thou speak to them?'
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17And Jesus answering said, `O generation, unstedfast and perverse, till when shall I be with you? till when shall I bear you? bring him to me hither;'
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41And Jesus answering said, `O generation, unstedfast and perverse, till when shall I be with you, and suffer you? bring near hither thy son;'