Matthew 11:17
and saying, We piped unto you, and ye did not dance, we lamented to you, and ye did not smite the breast.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
18'For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a demon;
Cross References
1 Kings 1:40And all the people come up after him, and the people are piping with pipes, and rejoicing — great joy, and the earth rendeth 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 in to the mountain of Jehovah, Unto the rock of Israel.
Jeremiah 31:4Again do I build thee, And thou hast been built, O virgin of Israel, Again thou puttest on thy tabrets, And hast gone out in the chorus of the playful.
Matthew 9:23And Jesus having come to the house of the ruler, and having seen the minstrels and the multitude making tumult,
1 Corinthians 9:19for being free from all men, to all men I made myself servant, 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 →