Matthew 11:17
‘We played the flute for you and you didn't dance; we sang sad songs and you didn't cry.’
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18John didn't come feasting and drinking, so people say, ‘He's devil-possessed!’
Cross References
1 Kings 1:40Everyone followed him, playing flutes and celebrating so happily that the sound shook the earth.
Isaiah 30:29But you will have a song to sing like you do on the night of a holy festival. You will celebrate in happiness like those who play pipes as they go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the Rock of Israel.
Jeremiah 31:4I'm going to rebuild you, and it will happen. You will be rebuilt, Virgin Israel. You will pick up your tambourines again and run outside to dance with joy.
Matthew 9:23Jesus arrived at the official's house. He saw the flute-players and the crowd that was weeping loudly.
1 Corinthians 9:19Even though I am free and serve no one, I have placed myself in service to everyone so that I might gain 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 →