Matthew 11:17

Modern King James Version

saying, We played the flute to you, and you did not dance! We mourned to you, but you did not wail!

Cross References

Genesis 50:10

And they came to the threshing floor of Atad, beyond Jordan, and there they mourned with a great and very sore lamentation. And he made a mourning for his father seven days.

1 Kings 1:40

And all the people came up after him, and the people piped with pipes, and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth was torn with their sound.

Isaiah 30:29

You shall have a song, as in the keeping of a holy feast night; and gladness of heart, as when one goes with a flute to come into the mountain of Jehovah, to the mighty One of Israel.

Jeremiah 31:4

Again I will build you, and you shall be built, O virgin of Israel. You shall again put on your tambourines, and shall go forth in the dances of those who rejoice.

Matthew 11:16

But to what shall I compare to this generation? It is like little children sitting in the markets and calling to their playmates,

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 sons of the bridechamber mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then they shall fast.

Matthew 9:23

And when Jesus came into the ruler's house and saw the minstrels and the people making a noise,

Luke 15:25

And his elder son was in the field. And as he came and drew near the house, he heard music and dancing.

Luke 23:27

And a great multitude of people were following Him, and of women who also were bewailing and lamenting Him.

Luke 7:32

They are like children sitting in a market and calling to one another, and saying, We have played the flute to you, and you have not danced; we have mourned to you, and you did not weep.

Luke 8:52

And all were weeping and bewailing her. But He said, Do not weep; she has not died, but sleeps.