“But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces, who call to their companions
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Matthew 11:16 in context
Matthew 11:13–19
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For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John.
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If you are willing to receive it, this is Elijah, who is to come.
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He who has ears to hear, let him hear.
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“But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces, who call to their companions
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and say, ‘We played the flute for you, and you didn’t dance. We mourned for you, and you didn’t lament.’
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For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon.’
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The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Behold, a gluttonous man and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ But wisdom is justified by her children.”
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