Luke 7:32

They are like to children, to those sitting in a marketplace, and calling to one another, and saying, We piped to you, and you did not dance, we mourned to you, and you did not weep!

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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, “To what, then, will I liken the men of this generation? And to what are they like?

33For John the Immerser came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, He has a demon;

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Cross References

Proverbs 17:16Why [is] this—a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, || And a heart—there is none?

Isaiah 29:11And the vision of the whole is to you, || As words of the sealed scroll, || That they give to one knowing scrolls, || Saying, “Please read this,” || And he has said, “I am not able, for it [is] sealed”;

Zechariah 8:5And broad places of the city are full of boys and girls, || Playing in its broad places.

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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