Matthew 11:16
But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the markets, and calling unto their fellows,
KJV
Τίνι δὲ ὁμοιώσω τὴν γενεὰν ταύτην; ὁμοία ἐστὶν παιδίοις καθημένοις ἐν ταῖς ἀγοραῖς ἃ προσφωνοῦντα τοῖς ἑτέροις
Greek NT
Cui autem similem æstimabo generationem istam ? Similis est pueris sedentibus in foro : qui clamantes coæqualibus
Vulgate
But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the marketplaces, who call unto their fellows
ASV
But whereunto shall I esteem this generation to be like? It is like to children sitting in the market place.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
15 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- καθημένοις ἐν ταῖς ἀγοραῖς ἃ προσφωνοῦντα τοῖς ἑτέροις — SBLGNT
- καθημένοις ἐν ταῖς ἀγοραῖς ἃ προσφωνοῦντα τοῖς ἑτέροις — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- ἐν ἀγοραῖς καθημένοις καὶ προσφωνοῦσιν τοῖς ἑταίροις αὐτῶν — Robinson-Pierpont
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Lam 2:13 — What thing shall I take to witness for thee? what thing shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? what shall I equal to thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? for thy breach i
- Luke 7:31 — And the Lord said, Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like?
- Luke 7:31 — And the Lord said, Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like?
- Luke 7:32 — They are like unto children sitting in the marketplace, and calling one to another, and saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned to you, and ye have not wept.
- Luke 13:18 — Then said he, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall I resemble it?
- Mark 4:30 — And he said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? or with what comparison shall we compare it?
- Matt 12:34 — O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
- Matt 23:36 — Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation.