Luke 7:31

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Luke 7:31

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

“To what, then, can I compare the men of this generation? What are they like?

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KJV

King James Version

¶ And the Lord said, Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like?

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WEB

World English Bible

“To what then should I compare the people of this generation? What are they like?

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ASV

American Standard Version

Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation, and to what are they like?

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BLB

Berean Literal Bible

“To what, therefore, will I liken the men of this generation? And to what are they like?

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Luke 7

²⁹ All the people who heard this, even the tax collectors, acknowledged God’s justice. For they had received the baptism of John.

³⁰ But the Pharisees and experts in the law rejected God’s purpose for themselves, because they had not been baptized by John.

³¹ “To what, then, can I compare the men of this generation? What are they like?

³² They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling out to one another: ‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not weep.’

³³ For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon!’

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