Matthew 11:17

and saying: We have played on the pipe for you, and you have not danced; we have wailed for you, and you have not lamented.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

And saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented.

In Context

16But to what shall I liken this generation? It is like children sitting in the markets, and calling to their companions,

18For John came, neither eating nor drinking, and they say: He has a demon.

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Cross References

Matthew 9:23And when Jesus came into the house of the ruler, and saw the minstrels and the multitude making lamentation,

1 Corinthians 9:19For, though I am free from all men, yet have I made myself a servant to all, that I may gain the more.

Matthew Henry on Matthew 11:17-25

Christ Reproaches Chorazin, &c.. 16 But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the markets, and calling unto their fellows, 17 And saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented. 18 For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a devil. 19 The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified of… Read the whole commentary →

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