Matthew 11:17

The Scriptures 2009

and saying, ‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we lamented to you, and you did not beat the breast.’

Cross References

Genesis 50:10

And they came to the threshing-floor of Ataḏ, which is beyond the Yardĕn, and they lamented there with a great and very heavy lamentation. And he performed seven days of mourning for his father.

1 Kings 1:40

And all the people came up after him. And the people played the flutes and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth was split by their noise!

Isaiah 30:29

Let the song be to you as in a night set apart for a festival, and gladness of heart as he who is going with a flute, to come into the mountain of יהוה, to the Rock of Yisra’ĕl.

Jeremiah 31:4

“I am going to build you again. And you shall be rebuilt, O maiden of Yisra’ĕl! Again you shall take up your tambourines, and go forth in the dances of those who rejoice.

Matthew 11:16

“And to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the market-places and calling to their companions,

Matthew 11:18

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

Matthew 9:15

And יהושע said to them, “Are the friends of the bridegroom able to mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days shall come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they shall fast.

Matthew 9:23

And when יהושע came into the ruler’s house, and saw the flute players and the crowd making a noise,

Luke 15:25

“And his older son was in the field, and when he came and approached the house, he heard music and dancing.

Luke 23:27

And a great number of the people were following Him, and women who also were mourning and lamenting Him.

Luke 7:32

“They are like children sitting in the market-place and calling to each other, saying, ‘We played the flute for you and you did not dance, we lamented for you and you did not weep.’

Luke 8:52

And they were all weeping and mourning for her, and He said, “Do not weep, she is not dead, but sleeps.”