Luke 7:31

31 cui ergo similes dicam homines generationis huius et cui similes sunt

Luke 7:31 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 7:31

And the Lord said
This clause is not in the Syriac, Arabic, Persic, and Ethiopic versions, nor in some copies, nor in Beza's most ancient copy; and being omitted, more clearly shows, that the two former verses are the words of Christ, and not an observation the evangelist makes, on the different behaviour of Christ's hearers, upon the commendation he had given of John:

whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation;
or "to what men shall I liken them", as the Persic version: the phrase "men of this generation", is Rabbinical; so (yvwa awhh ard) , the men of that "generation", are more beautiful in work than these, says the Targumist on ( Ecclesiastes 7:11 ) . "And to what are they like?" To that which follows.

Luke 7:31 In-Context

29 et omnis populus audiens et publicani iustificaverunt Deum baptizati baptismo Iohannis

30 Pharisaei autem et legis periti consilium Dei spreverunt in semet ipsos non baptizati ab eo

31 cui ergo similes dicam homines generationis huius et cui similes sunt

32 similes sunt pueris sedentibus in foro et loquentibus ad invicem et dicentibus cantavimus vobis tibiis et non saltastis lamentavimus et non plorastis

33 venit enim Iohannes Baptista neque manducans panem neque bibens vinum et dicitis daemonium habet