Luke 7:31 - Forerunner Commentary

Luke 7:31

29 And when all the people heard Him, even the tax collectors¹ justified God, ^ahaving been baptized with the baptism of John.

30 But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected ^athe will of God for themselves, not having been baptized by him.

31 And the Lord said, ^a“To what then shall I liken the men of this generation, and what are they like?

32 They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling to one another, saying:
‘We played the flute for you,
And you did not dance;
We mourned to you,
And you did not weep.’

33 For ^aJohn the Baptist came ^bneither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon.’

34 The Son of Man has come ^aeating and drinking, and you say, ‘Look, a glutton and a¹ winebibber, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’

35 ^aBut wisdom is justified by all her children.”

A Sinful Woman Forgiven

36 ^aThen one of the Pharisees asked Him to eat with him. And He went to the Pharisee’s house, and sat down to eat.

37 And behold, a woman in the city who was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at the table in the Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster flask of fragrant oil,

Verse Comparison: Luke 7:31

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American Standard Version
Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation, and to what are they like?

Amplified® Bible
So to what shall I compare the men of this generation? And what are they like?

Contemporary English Version
Jesus went on to say: What are you people like? What kind of people are you?

Darby English Version
To whom therefore shall I liken the men of this generation, and to whom are they like?

Good News Bible
Jesus continued, "Now to what can I compare the people of this day? What are they like?

International Standard Version
"To what can I compare the people of this generation?

King James Version
And the Lord said, Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like?

New American Standard Bible
"To what then shall I compare the men of this generation, and what are they like?

New International Version
"To what, then, can I compare the people of this generation? What are they like?

New King James Version
And the Lord said, “To what then shall I liken the men of this generation, and what are they like?

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"To what then shall I compare the men of this generation, and to what do I compare them?

Young's Literal Translation
And the Lord said, `To what, then, shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like?

New English Translation
“To what then should I compare the people¹ of this generation, and what are they like?

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