Luke 7:32

New International Reader's Version

They are like children sitting in the market and calling out to each other. They say, “ ‘We played the flute for you. But you didn’t dance. We sang a funeral song. But you didn’t cry.’

Cross References

Proverbs 17:16

Why should a foolish person try to buy wisdom? They are not even able to understand it.

Zechariah 8:5

The city streets will be filled with boys and girls. They will be playing there.”

Matthew 20:3

“About nine o’clock in the morning he went out again. He saw others standing in the market doing nothing.

Luke 7:31

Jesus went on to say, “What can I compare today’s people to? What are they like?

Luke 7:33

That is how it has been with John the Baptist. When he came to you, he didn’t eat bread or drink wine. And you say, ‘He has a demon.’