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Luke 7:32

30 But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized of him.

31 And the Lord said, Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like?

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.

33 For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a devil.

34 The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
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.’
KJV
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.
WEB
They are like children who sit in the marketplace and call to one another, saying, ‘We piped to you, and you didn’t dance. We mourned, and you didn’t weep.’
ASV
They are like unto children that sit in the marketplace, and call one to another; who say, We piped unto you, and ye did not dance; we wailed, and ye did not weep.
DARBY
They are like children sitting in the market-place, and calling one to another and saying, We have piped to you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned to you, and ye have not wept.
BLB
They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling to one another, saying: ‘We played the flute for you⁺, and you⁺ did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you⁺ did not weep.’
ÅB
De ligner små barn som sitter på torvet og roper til hverandre og sier: Vi blåste på fløyte for dere, og dere ville ikke danse, vi sang sørgesanger, og dere ville ikke gråte.
OTB
De er som barn som sitter på torget og roper til hverandre:
‘Vi spilte fløyte for dere,
og dere danset ikke;
vi sang en klagesang,
og dere gråt ikke.’
B1930
De ligner små barn som sitter på torvet og roper til hverandre og sier: Vi blåste på fløite for eder, og I vilde ikke danse, vi sang sørgesanger, og I vilde ikke gråte.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Matthew 11:16–19

    But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the markets, and calling unto their fellows,

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  • Proverbs 17:16

    Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?

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  • Jeremiah 5:3–5

    O LORD, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.

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  • Isaiah 28:9–13

    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.

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  • Zechariah 8:5

    And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof.

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  • Isaiah 29:11–12

    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:

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