Matthew 11:16

But to what can I compare this present age? It is like children sitting about in the bazaars and calling out to their playmates,

You brood of snakes! how can you, bad as you are, utter anything good? For the mouth says only what the heart is full of.

I tell you, all this will come upon this age!

I tell you, these things will all happen before the present age passes away.

"How can we find any comparison," he said, "for the reign of God, or what figure can we use to describe it?

So what is there to which I can compare the men of this age? What are they like?

He said, therefore, "What is the Kingdom of God like, and to what can I compare it?

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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,

You brood of snakes! how can you, bad as you are, utter anything good? For the mouth says only what the heart is full of.

I tell you, all this will come upon this age!

I tell you, these things will all happen before the present age passes away.

So what is there to which I can compare the men of this age? What are they like?

"How can we find any comparison," he said, "for the reign of God, or what figure can we use to describe it?