Luke 7:32 Cross References: They are like unto children that sit in the marketplace, and call one to another; which say, We piped unto you, and ye did not dance; we wailed, and ye 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.'

Cross References

Matthew 11:17
We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge and you did not mourn.'

Matthew 20:3
About the third hour he went out and saw others standing in the marketplace without anything to do.

Luke 7:31
"To what, then, can I compare the men of this generation? What are they like?

Luke 7:33
For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, 'He has a demon!'

Chapter Outline

1. Jesus finds a greater faith in the centurion;
10. heals his servant, being absent;
11. raises from death the widow's son at Nain;
18. answers John's messengers with the declaration of his miracles;
24. testifies to the people what opinion he held of John;
31. compares this generation to the children in the marketplaces,
36. and allowing his feet to be washed and anointed by a woman who was a sinner,
44. he shows how he is a friend to sinners, to forgive them their sins, upon their repentance.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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Proverbs 17:16
Why should the fool have money in his hand with no intention of buying wisdom?

Isaiah 28:9-13
Who is it He is trying to teach? To whom is He explaining his message? To infants just weaned from milk? To babies removed from the breast? . . .

Isaiah 29:11, 12
And the entire vision will be to you like the words sealed in a scroll. If it is handed to a reader, he will say, "I cannot read it, because it is sealed." . . .

Jeremiah 5:3-5
O 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. . . .

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Matthew 11:16-19
To what can I compare this generation? They are like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling out to others: . . .

children.

Zechariah 8:5
And the streets of the city will be filled with boys and girls playing there."

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