Luke 7:32

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

They are like little children sitting in the marketplace, calling to one another and saying, We piped to you [playing wedding], and you did not dance; we sang dirges and wailed [playing funeral], and you did not weep.

Cross References

Proverbs 17:16

Of what use is money in the hand of a [self-confident] fool to buy skillful and godly Wisdom–when he has no understanding or heart for it?

Zechariah 8:5

And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in its streets.

Matthew 20:3

And going out about the third hour (nine o'clock), he saw others standing idle in the marketplace;

Luke 7:31

So to what shall I compare the men of this generation? And what are they like?

Luke 7:33

For John the Baptist has come neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, He has a demon.