Matthew 11:17

Legacy Standard Bible

and say, ‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.’

Cross References

Genesis 50:10

And they came to the threshing floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, and they lamented there with a very great and immense lamentation; and he observed seven days of mourning for his father.

1 Kings 1:40

And all the people went up after him, and the people were playing on flutes and were glad with great gladness, so that the earth shook at their sound.

Isaiah 30:29

You will have songs as in the night when you set yourself apart as holy for the festival, And gladness of heart as when one marches to the sound of the flute, To go to the mountain of Yahweh, to the Rock of Israel.

Jeremiah 31:4

“Again I will build you, and you will be rebuilt, O virgin of Israel! Again you will take up your tambourines And go forth to the dances of those celebrating.

Matthew 11:16

“But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces, who call out to the other children,

Matthew 11:18

For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon!’

Matthew 9:15

And Jesus said to them, “Can the attendants of the bridegroom mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast.

Matthew 9:23

And when Jesus came into the official’s house, and saw the flute-players and the crowd in noisy disorder,

Luke 15:25

“Now his older son was in the field, and when he came and approached the house, he heard music and dancing.

Luke 23:27

And following Him was a large multitude of the people, and of women who were mourning and lamenting Him.

Luke 7:32

They are like children, sitting in the marketplace and calling to one another, who say, ‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not cry.’

Luke 8:52

Now they were all crying and lamenting for her, but He said, “Stop crying, for she has not died, but is asleep.”