16But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the markets, and calling unto their fellows,
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And the Lord said, Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like? …
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?
O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
Then said he, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall I resemble it?
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. 16-24)Christ was going on in the praise of John the Baptist and his ministry, but here stops on a sudden, and turns that to the reproach of those who enjoyed both that, and the ministry of Christ and his apostles too, in vain. As to that generation, we may observe to whom he compares them (Matt. 11:16-19), and as to the particular places he instances in, we may observe with whom he compares them , Matt.…
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