Matthew 11:17
who, calling out to their companions, say: ‘We played music for you, and you did not dance. We lamented, and you did not mourn.’
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In The King James Version
In Context
16But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplace,
18For John came neither eating nor drinking; and they say, ‘He has a demon.’
Cross References
1 Kings 1:40And the entire multitude ascended after him. And the people were playing on pipes, and rejoicing with great joy. And the earth resounded before the noise of them.
Isaiah 30:29There will be a song for you, as in the night of a sanctified solemnity, and a joy of heart, as when one travels with music to arrive at the mountain of the Lord, to the Strong One of Israel.
Jeremiah 31:4And I will build you up again. And you shall be built up, O virgin of Israel. Still shall you be adorned with your timbrels, and still shall you go forth to the singing of those who play.
Matthew 9:23And when Jesus had arrived in the house of the ruler, and he had seen the musicians and the tumultuous crowd,
1 Corinthians 9:19For when I was a free man to all, I made myself the servant of all, so that I might gain all 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 →