Luke 7:32

They are like to children sitting in the marketplace, and speaking one to another, and saying: We have piped to you, and you have not danced: we have mourned, and you have not wept.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

They are like unto children sitting in the marketplace, and calling one to another, and saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned to you, and ye have not wept.

In Context

31And the Lord said: Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like?

33For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and you say: He hath a devil.

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Cross References

Proverbs 17:16What doth it avail a fool to have riches, seeing he cannot buy wisdom? He that maketh his house high, seeketh a downfall: and he that refuseth to learn, shall fall into evils.

Isaiah 29:11And the vision of all shall be unto you as the words of a book that is sealed, which when they shall deliver to one that is learned, they shall say: Read this: and he shall answer: 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 thereof.

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 →

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