¶ But whereunto shall I liken this generation? it is like unto children, which sit in the market, and call unto their fellows,
Matthew 11:17 - William Tyndale New Testament and say: we have piped unto you, and ye have not danced, we have mourned unto you, and ye have not sorrowed. 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 whereunto shall I liken this generation? it is like unto children, which sit in the market, and call unto their fellows,
For Ihon came, neither eating nor drinking, and they say, he hath the devil.
And Iesus said unto them: can the wedding children mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? The time will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then shall they fast.
¶ And when Iesus came into the ruler's house, and saw the minstrels and the people wondering, he said unto them:
¶ The elder brother was in the field, and when he came and drew nye to the house, he heard minstrelsy, and dancing,
¶ There followed him a great company of people, and of women, which women bewailed, and lamented him.
They are like unto children sitting in the market place, and crying one to another, and saying: We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced: We have mourned to you, and ye have not wept.
Every body wept and sorrowed for her. And he said Weep not: for she is not dead, but sleepeth.