Luke 7:31

31 And ye lorde sayd: Wher vnto shall I lyke the men of this generacion and what thinge are they lyke?

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 And all the people that hearde and the publicans iustified God and were baptised with the baptim of Iohn.

30 But the pharises and scribes despised ye counsell of god agaynst them selves and were not baptised of him.

31 And ye lorde sayd: Wher vnto shall I lyke the men of this generacion and what thinge are they lyke?

32 They are lyke vnto chyldre sittynge in ye market place and cryinge one to another and sayinge: We have pyped vnto you and ye hahave not daunsed: we have mourned to you and ye have not wept.

33 For Iohn baptist cam nether eatynge breed ner drinkynge wyne and ye saye: he hath the devyll.