Luke 7:32
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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.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.’
In other translations
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.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.’
Greek words
ὅμοιοίhomoioiLikeG3664εἰσινeisinare theyG1510παιδίοιςpaidioisto little childrenG3813τοῖςtois<the>G3588ἐνeninG1722ἀγορᾷagorathe marketplaceG58καθημένοιςkathēmenoissittingG2521καὶkaiandG2532προσφωνοῦσινprosphōnousincallingG4377ἀλλήλοιςallēloisto each otherG240ἃhaoneG3739καὶkaiandG2532λέγει·legeisays:G3004ηὐλήσαμενēulēsamenWe pipedG832ὑμῖν,huminto you,G4771καὶkaiandG2532οὐκouknotG3756ὠρχήσασθε·ōrchēsastheyou did dance;G3738ἐθρηνήσαμενethrēnēsamenwe sang a dirgeG2354ὑμῖνhuminto youG4771καὶkaiandG2532οὐκouknotG3756ἐκλαύσατε.eklausateyou did weep.G2799
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- Matthew 11:16-1916 But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the markets, and calling unto their fellows, 17 And saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented. 18 For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a devil. 19 The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified of her children.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.”
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- Proverbs 17:16Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?Why should the fool have money in his hand with no intention of buying wisdom?
- Isaiah 28:9-139 Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts. 10 For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little: 11 For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people. 12 To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear.9 Whom is He trying to teach? To whom is He explaining His message? To infants just weaned from milk? To babies removed from the breast? 10 For they hear: “Order on order, order on order, line on line, line on line; a little here, a little there.” 11 Indeed, with mocking lips and foreign tongues, He will speak to this people 12 to whom He has said: “This is the place of rest, let the weary rest; this is the place of repose.” But they would not listen.
- Isaiah 29:11-1211 And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for it is sealed: 12 And the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I am not learned.11 And 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.” 12 Or if the scroll is handed to one unable to read, he will say, “I cannot read.”
- Zechariah 8:5And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof.And the streets of the city will be filled with boys and girls playing there.”
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