Matthew 11:16–17
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11:16“To24 what should I compare this generation? They are like children sitting in the marketplaces who call out to one another,25
11:17‘We played the flute for you, yet you did not dance;26
we wailed in mourning,27 yet you did not weep.’
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- 24 Here δέ (de) has not been translated.
- 25 Grk “who call out to one another, saying.” The participle λέγουσιν (legousin) is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.
- 26 ‘We played the flute for you, yet you did not dance …’ The children of this generation were making the complaint (see vv. 18–19) that others were not playing the game according to the way they played the music. John and Jesus did not follow “their tune.” Jesus’ complaint was that this generation wanted things their way, not God’s.
- 27 The verb ἐθρηνήσαμεν (ethrēnēsamen) refers to the loud wailing and lamenting used to mourn the dead in public in 1st century Jewish culture.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
“But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling to their playmates,
“ ‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance;
we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.’
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
“To what can I compare this generation? They are like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling out to others:
“ ‘We played the pipe for you,
and you did not dance;
we sang a dirge,
and you did not mourn.’
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
“To what should I compare this generation? It’s like children sitting in the marketplaces who call out to other children:
We played the flute for you,
but you didn’t dance;
we sang a lament,
but you didn’t mourn!
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NLTNew Living Translation
“To what can I compare this generation? It is like children playing a game in the public square. They complain to their friends,
‘We played wedding songs,
and you didn’t dance,
so we played funeral songs,
and you didn’t mourn.’
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
“But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces who call out to one another, saying,
‘We played the flute for you and you did not dance;
we sang a lament and you did not mourn.’
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KJV 1900King James Version
But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the markets, and calling unto their fellows, And saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented.
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