But to what shall I compare this generation? It is similar to children who sit in the marketplaces and call to their playmates,
Matthew 11:17 - English Majority Text Version and say, 'We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; We mourned to you, and you did not lament.' Higit pang mga bersyonKing 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 shall I compare this generation? It is similar to children who sit in the marketplaces and call to their playmates,
"For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, 'He has a demon.'
And Jesus said to them, "Can the groomsmen 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.
And when Jesus came into the house of the leader, 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.
And a great multitude of the people followed Him, and women who also were mourning and lamenting Him.
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 for you, and you did not weep.'
Now all were weeping and mourning for her; but He said, "Do not weep; she is not dead, but asleep."