Luke 7:31
And the Lord said, Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like?
KJV
Τίνι οὖν ὁμοιώσω τοὺς ἀνθρώπους τῆς γενεᾶς ταύτης, καὶ τίνι εἰσὶν ὅμοιοι;
Greek NT
Ait autem Dominus : Cui ergo similes dicam homines generationis hujus ? et cui similes sunt ?
Vulgate
Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation, and to what are they like?
ASV
And the Lord said: Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? And to what are they like?
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
10 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
γενεά
genea
noun · 43×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
οὖν
oun
conjunction · 489×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
τίς
tis
interrogative_pronoun · 533×
ἄνθρωπος
anthropos
noun · 549×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὁμοιόω
omoioo
verb · 15×
ὅμοιος
omoios
adjective · 45×
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§545Jesus invites sinners to the table of the kingdom: "I came not to call the righteous, but sinners."258 He invites them to that conversion without which one cannot enter the kingdom, but shows them in word and deed his Father's boundless mercy for them and the vast "joy in heaven over one sinner who repents".259 The supreme proof of his love will be the sacrifice of his own life…
Cross-references
- Deut 32:20 — And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end shall be: for they are a very froward generation, children in whom is no faith.
- Matt 11:16 — But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the markets, and calling unto their fellows,
- Matt 11:16 — But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the markets, and calling unto their fellows,