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“But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces, who call to their companions

Matthew 11:16 · WEB

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ગુજરાતીમાથ્થી ૧૧:૧૬
પણ આ પેઢીને હું શાની સાથે સરખાવું? તે છોકરાંનાં જેવી છે કે, જેઓ બજારોમાં બેસીને પોતાના સાથીઓને હાંક મારતાં કહે છે કે
हिन्दीमत्ती ११:१६
“मैं इस समय के लोगों की उपमा किस से दूँ? वे उन बालकों के समान हैं, जो बाजारों में बैठे हुए एक दूसरे से पुकारकर कहते हैं,

In context

14If you are willing to receive it, this is Elijah, who is to come.

15He who has ears to hear, let him hear.

16“But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces, who call to their companions

17and say, ‘We played the flute for you, and you didn’t dance. We mourned for you, and you didn’t lament.’

18For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon.’

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