Luke 7:31
King James Version
6 Jun 2026
“And the Lord said, Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like?”
οὖν
Therefore, then, accordingly. Therefore since we have been justified through faith we have peace with God. The therefore of Scripture always builds on something God has already done.
κύριος
Lord
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κύριος
Lord, master, owner. Kurios. Jesus is Lord. The foundational confession of Christianity. Lord means owner. To confess Jesus as Lord is to surrender ownership of your life.
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ὁμοιόω
will I liken
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ὁμοιόω
To be like, to liken, to compare. The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hidden in a field. When you find the kingdom everything else loses its value by comparison.
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ὅμοιος
like?
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ὅμοιος
Like, similar, resembling. The fourth person in the fire is like the Son of God. In the furnace of your trial Jesus is there with you.
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τίς
To what
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τίς
an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what (in direct or indirect questions)
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γενεά
generation
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γενεά
a generation; by implication, an age (the period or the persons)
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εἰμί
are they
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εἰμί
I exist (used only when emphatic)
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