31And the Lord said, Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like?
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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, …
What thing shall I take to witness for thee? what thing shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? what shall I equal to thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? for thy breach is great like the sea: who can heal thee?
And he said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? or with what comparison shall we compare it?
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 19-35)All this discourse concerning John Baptist, occasioned by his sending to ask whether he was the Messiah or no, we had, much as it is here related, Matt. 11:2-19. I. We have here the message John Baptist sent to Christ, and the return he made to it. Observe, 1. The great thing we are to enquire concerning Christ is whether he be he that should come to redeem and save sinners, or whether we are to l…
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