Luke 7:31
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And the Lord said: Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? And to what are they like?

Whereunto.

Lamentations 2:13 Mem. To what shall I compare thee? or to what shall I liken thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? to what shall I equal thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Sion? for great as the sea is thy destruction: who shall heal thee?

Matthew 11:16 But whereunto shall I esteem this generation to be like? It is like to children sitting in the market place.

*etc:

Mark 4:30 And he said: To what shall we liken the kingdom of God? or to what parable shall we compare it?

Context
Jesus Testifies about John
30But the Pharisees and the lawyers despised the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized by him. 31And the Lord said: Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? And to what are they like? 32They are like to children sitting in the marketplace and speaking one to another and saying: We have piped to you, and you have not danced: we have mourned, and you have not wept.…
Cross References
Matthew 7:24
Every one therefore that heareth these my words, and doth them, shall be likened to a wise man that built his house upon a rock,

Matthew 11:16
But whereunto shall I esteem this generation to be like? It is like to children sitting in the market place.

Luke 7:30
But the Pharisees and the lawyers despised the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized by him.

Luke 7:32
They are like to children sitting in the marketplace and speaking one to another and saying: We have piped to you, and you have not danced: we have mourned, and you have not wept.

Lexicon
“To what,
Τίνι (Tini)
Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Dative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 5101: Who, which, what, why. Probably emphatic of tis; an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what.

then,
οὖν (oun)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 3767: Therefore, then. Apparently a primary word; certainly, or accordingly.

can I compare
ὁμοιώσω (homoiōsō)
Verb - Future Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular
Strong's Greek 3666: To make like, liken; I compare. From homoios; to assimilate, i.e. Compare; passively, to become similar.

the
τοὺς (tous)
Article - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

men
ἀνθρώπους (anthrōpous)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 444: A man, one of the human race. From aner and ops; man-faced, i.e. A human being.

of this
ταύτης (tautēs)
Demonstrative Pronoun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 3778: This; he, she, it.

generation?
γενεᾶς (geneas)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 1074: From genos; a generation; by implication, an age.

What
τίνι (tini)
Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Dative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 5101: Who, which, what, why. Probably emphatic of tis; an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what.

are they
εἰσὶν (eisin)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

like?
ὅμοιοι (homoioi)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 3664: Like, similar to, resembling, of equal rank. From the base of homou; similar.


Additional Translations
“To what, then, can I compare the men of this generation? What are they like?

"To what therefore will I liken the men of this generation? And to what are they like?

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

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

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

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

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

"To what then shall I compare the men of the present generation, and what do they resemble?

"To what then will I liken the people of this generation? What are they like?

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