Luke 7:31
“And the Lord said, Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like?”
And all the people that heard him, and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John.
But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized of him.
And the Lord said, Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like?
They are like unto children sitting in the marketplace, and calling one to another, and saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned to you, and ye have not wept.
For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a devil.
Related Verses
“They are like unto children sitting in the marketplace, and calling one to another, and saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned to you, and ye have not wept.”
“And again he said, Whereunto shall I liken the kingdom of God?”
“Then said he, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall I resemble it?”
“And when the messengers of John were departed, he began to speak unto the people concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness for to see? A reed shaken with the wind?”
“For as Jonas was a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation.”