Matthew 11:17

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

‘We played flute music for you, but you did not dance; we sang a funeral song, but you were not sad.’

Cross References

Isaiah 30:29

You will sing happy songs, like the nights when you begin a festival. You will be very happy walking to the Lord’s mountain and listening to the flute on the way to worship the Rock of Israel.

Matthew 9:15

Jesus answered, “At a wedding the friends of the bridegroom are not sad while he is with them. They cannot fast then. But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them. Then they will fast.

Jeremiah 31:4

Israel, my bride, I will rebuild you. You will be a country again. You will pick up your tambourines again. You will dance with all the other people who are having fun.

Matthew 9:23

Jesus continued going with the Jewish leader and went into the leader’s house. He saw people there who make music for funerals. And he saw a crowd of people crying loudly.

1 Kings 1:40

Then all the people followed Solomon back into the city. They were very happy and excited. They were playing flutes and making so much noise that the ground shook.

Luke 15:25

“The older son had been out in the field. When he came near the house, he heard the sound of music and dancing.

Genesis 50:10

They went to Goren Atad, east of the Jordan River. There they had a long funeral service for Israel, which continued for seven days.

Matthew 11:16

“What can I say about the people who live today? What are they like? The people today are like children sitting in the marketplace. One group of children calls to the other group,

Matthew 11:18

Why do I say people are like that? Because John came, not eating like other people or drinking wine, and people say, ‘He has a demon inside him.’

Luke 7:32

They are like children sitting in the marketplace. One group of children calls to the other children and says, ‘We played flute music for you, but you did not dance; we sang a sad song, but you did not cry.’

Luke 8:52

Everyone was crying and feeling sad because the girl was dead. But Jesus said, “Don’t cry. She is not dead. She is only sleeping.”

Luke 23:27

A large crowd followed Jesus. Some of the women were sad and crying. They felt sorry for him.