Matthew 11:17

‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.’

Berean Standard Bible
Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

and say, ‘We played the flute for you, and you didn’t dance. We mourned for you, and you didn’t lament.’

American Standard Version

and say, We piped unto you, and ye did not dance; we wailed, and ye did not mourn.

Geneva Bible 1599

And say, We haue piped vnto you, and ye haue not daunced, we haue mourned vnto you, and ye haue not lamented.

Darby Translation

say, We have piped to you, and ye have not danced: we have mourned to you, and ye have not wailed.

Young's Literal Translation

and saying, We piped unto you, and ye did not dance, we lamented to you, and ye did not smite the breast.

Bible in Basic English

We made music for you and you did not take part in the dance; we gave cries of sorrow and you made no signs of grief.

In context

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

18For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon!’

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