Matthew 11:16
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
To what can I compare this generation? They are like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling out to others:
In context
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 every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- To what can I compare this generation? They are like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling out to others:
- KJV King James Version
- But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the markets, and calling unto their fellows,
- WEB World English Bible
- “But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces, who call to their companions
- ASV American Standard Version
- But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the marketplaces, who call unto their fellows
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- 'And to what shall I liken this generation? it is like little children in market-places, sitting and calling to their comrades,
- DBY Darby Translation
- But to whom shall I liken this generation? It is like children sitting in the markets, which, calling to their companions,
- WBS Webster Bible
- But to what shall I liken this generation? It is like to children sitting in the markets, and calling to their fellows,