Matthew 11:16
“¶ But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like vnto children, sitting in the markets, and calling vnto their fellowes,”
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Matthew 11:16 Context
14And if ye wil receiue it, this is Elias which was for to come. 15Hee that hath eares to heare, let him heare. 16¶ But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like vnto children, sitting in the markets, and calling vnto their fellowes, 17And saying, we haue piped vnto you, and ye haue not danced: wee haue mourned vnto you, and ye haue not lamented. 18For Iohn came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, he hath a deuill.
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But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the markets, and calling unto their fellows,
- King James Version
"But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the market places, who call out to the other {children,}
- New American Standard Version (1995)