Matthew 11:16

New English Translation

¹⁶“To^[a] what should I compare this generation? They are like children sitting in the marketplaces^[b] who call out to one another,^[c]

Matthew 11:16 tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.
Matthew 11:16 sn The marketplaces (Greek agora) were not only places of trade and commerce in the first century Greco-Roman world. They were places of discussion and dialogue (the “public square”), places of judgment (courts held session there), places for idle people and those seeking work, and places for children to play.
Matthew 11:16 tn Grk “who call out to one another, saying.” The participle λέγουσιν (legousin) is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.

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