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Connecting Statement:
Jesus continues speaking to the people about John the Baptist.
To what, then, can I compare ... they like?
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, and what they are like." (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion)
I compare ... What are they like
These are two ways of saying that this is a comparison. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism)
the people of this generation
The people living when Jesus spoke.