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


In Context

14 If you are willing to receive it, this is Elijah, who is to come.

15 He who has ears to hear, let him hear.

16 |But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces, who call to their companions

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

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, 'Behold, a gluttonous man and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!' But wisdom is justified by her children.|

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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

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

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 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.