Cross references

Matthew 11:16

To what can I compare this generation? They are like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling out to others:

Matthew 11:16 BSB

Matthew 11:16 has 7 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 6 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Luke 7:31–35 (7 votes) and Lamentations 2:13 (4 votes). 10 other verses point back to it. It links with 5 other books, from Deuteronomy 32 to Luke 20.

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Which verses does Matthew 11:16 point to?

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  1. “To what, then, can I compare the men of this generation? What are they like? They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling out to one another: ‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not weep.’ …

  2. What can I say for you? To what can I compare you, O Daughter of Jerusalem? To what can I liken you, that I may console you, O Virgin Daughter of Zion? For your wound is as deep as the sea. Who can ever heal you?

  3. You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks.

  4. Truly I tell you, all these things will come upon this generation.

  5. Mark 4:304 votes

    Then He asked, “To what can we compare the kingdom of God? With what parable shall we present it?

  6. Luke 13:184 votes

    Then Jesus asked, “What is the kingdom of God like? To what can I compare it?

  7. Truly I tell you, this generation will not pass away until all these things have happened.

Which verses point to Matthew 11:16?

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