Matthew 11:17

and saying, We piped to you, and you did not dance, we lamented to you, and you did not strike the breast.

Literal Standard Version

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

16And to what will I liken this generation? It is like little children in marketplaces, sitting and calling to others,

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

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Cross References

1 Kings 1:40And all the people come up after him, and the people are piping with pipes, and rejoicing [with] great joy, and the earth splits with their voice.

Isaiah 30:29Singing is to you as in a night sanctified for a festival, || And joy of heart as he who is going with a pipe, || To go to the mountain of YHWH, || To the rock of Israel.

Jeremiah 31:4I build you again, || And you have been built, || O virgin of Israel, || You put on your tambourines again, || And have gone out in the chorus of the playful.

Matthew 9:23And Jesus having come into the house of the ruler, and having seen the pipers and the multitude making tumult,

1 Corinthians 9:19for being free from all men, I made myself servant to all men, that the more I might gain;

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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