Luke 7:32
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling out to one another: ‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not weep.’”
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“They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling out to one another: ‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not weep.’”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“They are like unto children sitting in the marketplace, and calling 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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“They are like unto children that sit in the marketplace, and call one to another; who say, We piped unto you, and ye did not dance; we wailed, and ye did not weep.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“they are like to children, to those sitting in a market-place, and calling one to another, and saying, We piped to you, and ye did not dance, we mourned to you, and ye did not weep!”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Luke 7:32 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Proverbs 17:16Why should the fool have money in his hand with no intention of buying wisdom?
- Isaiah 28:9Whom is He trying to teach? To whom is He explaining His message? To infants just weaned from milk? To babies removed from the breast?
- Isaiah 29:11And the entire vision will be to you like the words sealed in a scroll. If it is handed to someone to read, he will say, “I cannot, because it is sealed.”
- Jeremiah 5:3O LORD, do not Your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain. You finished them off, but they refused to accept discipline. They have made their faces harder than stone and refused to repent.
- Zechariah 8:5And the streets of the city will be filled with boys and girls playing there.”
- Matthew 11:16To what can I compare this generation? They are like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling out to others:
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).