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# Connecting Statement:
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Jesus continues speaking to the people about John the Baptist.
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# To what, then, can I compare the people of this generation? What are they like?
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Jesus uses these questions to introduce a comparison. They can be written as a statement. Alternate translation: "This is what I compare this generation to. This is what they are like." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion]])
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# I compare ... What are they like
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These are two ways of saying that this is a comparison. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-parallelism]])
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# the people of this generation
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The people living when Jesus spoke.
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