World English Bible
""To what then will I liken the people of this generation? What are they like?"
— Luke 7:31, World English Bible
“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 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 tell you, among those who are born of women there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptizer, yet he who is least in the Kingdom of God is greater than he."
When all the people and the tax collectors heard this, they declared God to be just, having been baptized with John's baptism.
But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected the counsel of God, not being baptized by him themselves.
"To what then will I liken the people of this generation? What are they like?
They are like children who sit in the marketplace, and call one to another, saying, 'We piped to you, and you didn't dance. We mourned, and you didn't weep.'
For John the Baptizer came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, 'He has a demon.'
The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, 'Behold, a gluttonous man, and a drunkard; a friend of tax collectors and sinners!'