Matthew 11:17

New King James Version

and saying: ‘We played the flute for you, And you did not dance; We mourned to you, And you did not lament.’

Cross References

Isaiah 30:29

You shall have a song As in the night when a holy 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.

Matthew 9:15

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

Jeremiah 31:4

Again I will build you, and you shall be rebuilt, O virgin of Israel! You shall again be adorned with your tambourines, And shall go forth in the dances of those who rejoice.

Matthew 9:23

When Jesus came into the ruler’s house, and saw the flute players and the noisy crowd wailing,

1 Kings 1:40

And all the people went up after him; and the people played the flutes and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth seemed to split with their sound.

Luke 15:25

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

Genesis 50:10

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

Matthew 11:16

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

Matthew 11:18

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

Luke 7:32

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

Luke 8:52

Now all wept and mourned for her; but He said, “Do not weep; she is not dead, but sleeping.”

Luke 23:27

And a great multitude of the people followed Him, and women who also mourned and lamented Him.