¹⁶ “But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling to their playmates,

³¹ “To what then shall I compare the people of this generation, and what are they like? ³² They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling to one another,

³³ For John the Baptist has come ^(A)eating no bread and ^(B)drinking no wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon.’ ³⁴ The Son of Man has come ^(C)eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Look at him! A glutton and a drunkard, ^(D)a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ ³⁵ Yet ^(E)wisdom is justified by all her children.”

The Mustard Seed and the Leaven

^18 (A)He said therefore, “What is the kingdom of God like? And to what shall I compare it?

The Parable of the Mustard Seed

^30 (A)And he said, “With what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable shall we use for it?

³⁶ Truly, I say to you, ^(A)all these things will come upon this generation.

^34 (A)You brood of vipers! How can you speak good, ^(B)when you are evil? ^(C)For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

^34 (A)Truly, I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place.