Matthew 11:17

Rotherham Emphasized Bible 1902

say, We played the flute to you, and ye danced not,—we sang a lament, and ye beat not the breast.

Cross References

Isaiah 30:29

A song, shall ye have, As in the night of hallowing a festival,—And gladness of heart, As when one goeth with the flute to enter Into the mountain of Yahweh Unto the Rock of Israel.

Matthew 9:15

And Jesus said unto them,—Can, the sons of the bridechamber, mourn, so long as, the bridegroom, is, with them? But days will come, when the bridegroom, shall be taken from them, and, then, will they fast.

Jeremiah 31:4

Again, will I build thee and thou shalt be built, thou virgin, Israel,—Again, shalt thou deck thyself with thy timbrels, And go forth in the dance of them that make merry:

Matthew 9:23

And, Jesus, coming, into the house of the ruler, and seeing the flute-players and the multitude in confusion, was saying:

1 Kings 1:40

And all the people came up after him, the people themselves also, playing with flutes, and rejoicing with great joy,—so that the earth rent with the sound of them.

Luke 15:25

But his elder son was in a field; and, as, in coming, he drew near unto the house, he heard music and dancing,—

Genesis 50:10

And they came in, as far as the threshing-floor of the Buckthorn, which is beyond the Jordan, then wailed they there—an exceeding great and grievous walling,—and he made for his father a mourning, of seven days.

Matthew 11:16

But, unto what, shall I liken this generation? It is, like, unto children, sitting the market-places, who, calling unto the others,

Matthew 11:18

For, John, came, neither eating nor drinking, and they say—A demon, he hath!

Luke 7:32

They are like unto the children sitting, in a market-place, and calling one to another, who say—We played the flute for you, and ye danced not, We wailed, and ye wept not.

Luke 8:52

And they were all weeping, and beating themselves, for her. And he said—Be not weeping; for she died not, but is sleeping.

Luke 23:27

And there was following him a great throng of the people, and of women, who were smiting themselves and lamenting him.