Matthew 11:17

Bible in Basic English 1965

We made music for you and you did not take part in the dance; we gave cries of sorrow and you made no signs of grief.

Cross References

Genesis 50:10

And they came to the grain-floor of Atad on the other side of Jordan, and there they gave the last honours to Jacob, with great and bitter sorrow, weeping for their father for seven days.

1 Kings 1:40

And all the people came up after him, piping with pipes, and they were glad with great joy, so that the earth was shaking with the sound.

Isaiah 30:29

You will have a song, as in the night when a holy feast is kept; and you will be glad in heart, as when they go with music of the pipe to the mountain of the Lord, the Rock of Israel.

Jeremiah 31:4

I will again make new your buildings, O virgin of Israel, and you will take up your place: again you will take up your instruments of music, and go out in the dances of those who are glad.

Matthew 11:16

But what comparison may I make of this generation? It is like children seated in the market-places, crying out to one another,

Matthew 11:18

For John came, taking no food or drink, and they say, He has an evil spirit.

Matthew 9:15

And Jesus said to them, Will the friends of the newly-married man be sad as long as he is with them? But the days will come when he will be taken away from them, and then will they go without food.

Matthew 9:23

And when Jesus came into the ruler's house and saw the players with their instruments and the people making a noise,

Luke 15:25

Now the older son was in the field: and when he came near the house, the sounds of music and dancing came to his ears.

Luke 23:27

But Jesus, turning to them, said, Daughters of Jerusalem, let not your weeping be for me, but for yourselves and for your children.

Luke 7:32

They are like children who are seated in the market-place, crying out to one another, and saying, We made music for you, but you did not take part in the dance; we gave cries of sorrow, but you were not sad.

Luke 8:52

And all the people were weeping and crying for her; but he said, Do not be sad, for she is not dead, but sleeping.