“But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling to their playmates,
“To what then shall I compare the people of this generation, and what are they like? They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling to one another, “‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not weep.’ For John the Baptist has come eating no bread and drinking no wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon.’ The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Look at him! A glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ Yet wisdom is justified by all her children.”
He said therefore, “What is the kingdom of God like? And to what shall I compare it?
And he said, “With what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable shall we use for it?
Truly, I say to you, all these things will come upon this generation.
You brood of vipers! How can you speak good, when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
What can I say for you, to what compare you, O daughter of Jerusalem? What can I liken to you, that I may comfort you, O virgin daughter of Zion? For your ruin is vast as the sea; who can heal you?
Truly, I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place.
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