Matthew 11:17

and saye: we have pyped vnto you and ye have not daunsed? We have morned vnto you and ye have not sorowed.

William Tyndale Bible (1525/1530)

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

16But wher vnto shall I lyken this generacion? It ys lyke vnto chyldre which syt in the market and call vnto their felowes

18For Ihon came nether eatinge nor drinkinge and they saye he hath the devyll.

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Cross References

Matthew 9:23And when Iesus came into ye rulers housse and sawe the minstrels and the people raginge

1 Corinthians 9:19For though I be fre from all men yet have I made my silfe servaunt vnto all men that I myght wynne the moo.

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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