Luke 7:32

They are like unto children that sit in the marketplace, and call one to another; which say, We piped unto you, and ye did not dance; we wailed, and ye did not weep.

Revised Version 1895

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

31Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation, and to what are they like?

33For John the Baptist is come eating no bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a devil.

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Cross References

Proverbs 17:16Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, seeing he hath no understanding?

Isaiah 29:11And all vision is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, 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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