Bible verse
‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.’
Matthew 11:17 · BSB
The verses around it, from Matthew 11.
13 For all the Prophets and the Law prophesied until John.
14 And if you are willing to accept it, he is the Elijah who was to come.
15 He who has ears, let him hear.
16 To what can I compare this generation? They are like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling out to others:
17 ‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.’
18 For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon!’
19 The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Look at this glutton and drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ But wisdom is vindicated by her actions.”
20 Then Jesus began to denounce the cities in which most of His miracles had been performed, because they did not repent.
21 “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
KJV
And saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented.
ASV
and say, We piped unto you, and ye did not dance; we wailed, and ye did not mourn.
ERV
and say, We piped unto you, and ye did not dance; we wailed, and ye did not mourn.
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