Matthew 11:17

Modern English Version

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

Cross References

Genesis 50:10

When they came to the threshing floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, they mourned with a great and very sorrowful lamentation. He observed seven days of mourning for his father.

1 Kings 1:40

All the people came up to see him and played flutes and greatly rejoiced, so that the earth shook at the sound.

Isaiah 30:29

You shall have songs, as in the night when a festival is kept, and gladness of heart, as when one goes with a flute to come into the mountain of the Lord, to the Mighty One of Israel.

Jeremiah 31:4

Again I will build you and you will be built, O virgin of Israel. You will again be adorned with your tambourines and shall go forth in the dances of those who make merry.

Matthew 11:16

“But to what shall I liken this generation? It is like children sitting in the markets, calling to their friends,

Matthew 11:18

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

Matthew 9:15

Jesus answered, “Can the guests of the bridegroom mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them, and then they will fast.

Matthew 9:23

When Jesus came to the ruler’s house and saw the musicians and the mourners making a noise,

Luke 15:25

“Now his older son was in the field. As he came and drew near the house, he heard music and dancing.

Luke 23:27

A large number of people followed Him, including women who mourned and lamented Him.

Luke 7:32

They are like children sitting in the marketplace, calling to each other, saying: ‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we mourned to you, and you did not weep.’

Luke 8:52

All wept and mourned for her. But He said, “Do not weep. She is not dead but sleeping.”