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Luke 7:31
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Luke 7:31
31¶ And the Lord said, Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like?
31¶ And the Lord said, *whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like?
- Mat. 11.16
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DEFINED WORDS
Luke 7:31
A title of authority applied here to God, Christ, or a male master or ruler, according to the verse.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (alignment witness) · Webster 1828
Spoke, declared, reported, commanded, or expressed in words.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Unto what or which thing, purpose, state, result, or calling the passage names.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To compare, represent as similar, or show a resemblance.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
APPROVED COMBINED MEANING
generation
Offspring, a family line, people of one age, or the period of a lifetime.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Similar or of the same kind; in the same manner; likely; or, as a verb, to please.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828
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Open the full verse study16¶ But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the markets, and calling unto their fellows,
17And saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented.
18For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a devil.
19The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified of her children.
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Open the full verse study13What 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?
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Open the full verse study30¶ And he said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? or with what comparison shall we compare it?
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