Luke 7:32
They are like children sitting in the marketplace, and calling to each other, and saying, We piped to you, and ye did not dance. We mourned to you, and ye did not weep.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
31To what, then will I compare the men of this generation, and to what are they like?
33For John the immerser has come neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and ye say, He has a demon.
Cross References
Proverbs 17:16Why is there a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, since he has no understanding?
Isaiah 29:11And all vision has become to you as the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to a man who is learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee. And he says, I cannot, for it is sealed.
Zechariah 8:5And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets of it.
Matthew Henry on Luke 7:20-36
John's Message to Jesus; The Ministry of John and of Christ. 19 And John calling unto him two of his disciples sent them to Jesus, saying, Art thou he that should come? or look we for another? 20 When the men were come unto him, they said, John Baptist hath sent us unto thee, saying, Art thou he that should come? or look we for another? 21 And in that same hour he cured many of their infirmities and plagues, and of evil spirits; and unto many that were blind he gave sight. 22 Then Jesus answering said unto them,… Read the whole commentary →