Matthew 11:17

Good News Translation

‘We played wedding music for you, but you wouldn't dance! We sang funeral songs, but you wouldn't cry!’

Cross References

Genesis 50:10

When they came to the threshing place at Atad east of the Jordan, they mourned loudly for a long time, and Joseph performed mourning ceremonies for seven days.

1 Kings 1:40

Then they all followed him back, shouting for joy and playing flutes, making enough noise to shake the ground.

Isaiah 30:29

But you, God's people, will be happy and sing as you do on the night of a sacred festival. You will be as happy as those who walk to the music of flutes on their way to the Temple of the Lord, the defender of Israel.

Jeremiah 31:4

Once again I will rebuild you. Once again you will take up your tambourines and dance joyfully.

Matthew 11:16

“Now, to what can I compare the people of this day? They are like children sitting in the marketplace. One group shouts to the other,

Matthew 11:18

When John came, he fasted and drank no wine, and everyone said, ‘He has a demon in him!’

Matthew 9:15

Jesus answered, “Do you expect the guests at a wedding party to be sad as long as the bridegroom is with them? Of course not! But the day will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.

Matthew 9:23

Then Jesus went into the official's house. When he saw the musicians for the funeral and the people all stirred up,

Luke 15:25

“In the meantime the older son was out in the field. On his way back, when he came close to the house, he heard the music and dancing.

Luke 23:27

A large crowd of people followed him; among them were some women who were weeping and wailing for him.

Luke 7:32

They are like children sitting in the marketplace. One group shouts to the other, ‘We played wedding music for you, but you wouldn't dance! We sang funeral songs, but you wouldn't cry!’

Luke 8:52

Everyone there was crying and mourning for the child. Jesus said, “Don't cry; the child is not dead—she is only sleeping!”