Catholic Public Domain Version
"Then the Lord said: “Therefore, to what shall I compare the men of this generation? And to what are they similar? "
— Luke 7:31, Catholic Public Domain Version
“And the Lord said, Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like?”
“Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation, and to what are they like? ”
“"To what then will I liken the people of this generation? What are they like?”
““To what then should I compare the people of this generation, and what are they like?”
“And the Lord said: Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? And to what are they like?”
“What comparison am I to make of the men of this generation? what are they like?”
“And the Lord said, Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like?”
For I say to you, among those born of women, no one is greater than the prophet John the Baptist. But he who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.”
And upon hearing this, all the people and the tax collectors justified God, by being baptized with the baptism of John.
But the Pharisees and the experts in the law despised the counsel of God concerning themselves, by not being baptized by him.
Then the Lord said: “Therefore, to what shall I compare the men of this generation? And to what are they similar?
They are like children sitting in the marketplace, talking with one another, and saying: ‘We sang to you, and you did not dance. We lamented, and you did not weep.’
For John the Baptist came, neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon.’
The Son of man came, eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Behold, a voracious man and a drinker of wine, a friend of tax collectors and of sinners.’