Matthew 11:17
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.’”
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“‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.’”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented.”
King James Version · Public Domain“and say, We piped unto you, and ye did not dance; we wailed, and ye did not mourn.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and saying, We piped unto you, and ye did not dance, we lamented to you, and ye did not smite the breast.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Matthew 11:17 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Kings 1:40All the people followed him, playing flutes and rejoicing with such a great joy that the earth was split by the sound.
- 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 30:29You will sing as on the night of a holy festival, and your heart will rejoice like one who walks to the music of a flute, going up to the mountain of the LORD, to the Rock of Israel.
- Jeremiah 9:17This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Take note, and summon the wailing women; send for the most skillful among them.
- Jeremiah 31:4Again I will build you, and you will be rebuilt, O Virgin Israel. Again you will take up your tambourines and go out in joyful dancing.
- Matthew 9:15Jesus replied, “How can the guests of the bridegroom mourn while He is with them? But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast.
- Matthew 9:23When Jesus entered the house of the synagogue leader, He saw the flute players and the noisy crowd.
- Luke 15:25Meanwhile the older son was in the field, and as he approached the house, he heard music and dancing.
- 1 Corinthians 9:19Though I am free of obligation to anyone, I make myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).