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


In Context

14 And if you are willing to accept it, he is the Elijah who was to come.

15 He who has ears, let him hear.

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, 'Here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and "sinners." ' But wisdom is proved right by her actions."

Matthew 11:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:17And saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

11:17Who crying to their companions say: We have piped to you, and you have not danced: we have lamented, and you have not mourned.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

11:17and say, We piped unto you, and ye did not dance; we wailed, and ye did not mourn.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:17say, We have piped to you, and ye have not danced: we have mourned to you, and ye have not wailed.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

11:17and say, We piped unto you, and ye did not dance; we wailed, and ye did not mourn.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:17And saying, We have piped to you, and ye have not danced; We have mourned to you, and ye have not lamented.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:17and say, 'We played the flute for you, and you didn't dance. We mourned for you, and you didn't lament.'

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

11:17and saying, We piped unto you, and ye did not dance, we lamented to you, and ye did not smite the breast.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:17And saying, We have piped to you, and you have not danced; we have mourned to you, and you have not lamented.