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

1 Corinthians 9:19-23
Though I am free of obligation to anyone, I make myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible. . . .

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Matthew 9:15, 23
Jesus replied, "How can the attendants of the bridegroom mourn while He is with them? But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them; then they will fast. . . .

1 Kings 1:40
All the people followed him, playing flutes and rejoicing with such a great joy that the earth was split by the sound.

Isaiah 30:29
You 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 9:17-20
This is what the LORD of Hosts says: "Take note, and summon the wailing women; send for the most skillful among them. . . .

Jeremiah 31:4
Again 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.

Luke 15:25
Meanwhile the older son was in the field, and as he approached the house, he heard music and dancing.

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
and say, 'We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.'

King James Bible
And saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
We played the flute for you, but you didn't dance; we sang a lament, but you didn't mourn!

International Standard Version
A wedding song we played for you, the dance you all did scorn. A woeful dirge we chanted, too, but then you would not mourn.'

NET Bible
We played the flute for you, yet you did not dance; we wailed in mourning, yet you did not weep.'

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And saying, 'We sang to you, and you did not dance, and we cried for you, and you were not sad.'
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