“But to what should I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling out to their companions,
Matthew 11:17 - The Text-Critical English New Testament ‘We played the flute for you, but you did not dance; we sang a lament for you, but you did not mourn.’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 and saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition We piped to you [playing wedding], and you did not dance; we wailed dirges [playing funeral], and you did not mourn and beat your breasts and weep aloud. American Standard Version (1901) and say, We piped unto you, and ye did not dance; we wailed, and ye did not mourn. Common English Bible ‘We played the flute for you and you didn’t dance. We sang a funeral song and you didn’t mourn.’ Catholic Public Domain Version who, calling out to their companions, say: 'We played music for you, and you did not dance. We lamented, and you did not mourn.' Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Who crying to their companions say: We have piped to you, and you have not danced: we have lamented, and you have not mourned. |
“But to what should I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling out to their companions,
For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon.’
Jesus said to them, “Can the bridegroom's attendants mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days are coming when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.
When Jesus came to the house of the ruler and saw the flute players and the crowd making a commotion,
“Now his older son was in the field, and as he came and drew near to the house, he heard music and dancing.
A great multitude of people followed along behind, including women who were mourning and lamenting for Jesus.
They are like children who sit in the marketplace and call out to one another, ‘We played the flute for you, but you did not dance; we sang a lament for you, but you did not weep.’
Meanwhile, all the people were weeping and mourning for her, but Jesus said, “Do not weep; she is not dead but sleeping.”