Luke 7:32

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'They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling to one another: "We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a lament, and you did not weep."'

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  • Matt 11:16-19 : 16 To what can I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling out to their companions: 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.
  • Prov 17:16 : 16 Why should a fool pay for wisdom when he has no intention of understanding it?
  • Isa 28:9-9 : 9 Who is He trying to teach knowledge to? Who is He explaining His message to? To those just weaned from milk, those just taken from the breast? 10 For it is: command upon command, command upon command, line upon line, line upon line, a little here, a little there. 11 Indeed, with stammering lips and another tongue, He will speak to this people. 12 To whom He said, 'This is the place of rest—give rest to the weary; this is the place of repose’—but they would not listen. 13 So the word of the LORD to them will be: command upon command, command upon command, line upon line, line upon line, a little here, a little there—so that they may go and fall backward, be broken, snared, and captured.
  • Isa 29:11-12 : 11 The entire vision is to you like the words of a sealed book. If it is given to one who can read and they are told, 'Read this, please,' they respond, 'I cannot, for it is sealed.' 12 Or if the book is handed to someone who cannot read, and they are told, 'Read this, please,' they answer, 'I do not know how to read.'
  • Jer 5:3-5 : 3 Lord, are Your eyes not on truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain; You consumed them, but they refused to accept discipline. They hardened their faces more than a rock and refused to repent. 4 Then I thought, 'These are only the poor; they are foolish because they do not know the way of the Lord, the justice of their God.' 5 So I will go to the great leaders and speak to them, for they should know the way of the Lord, the justice of their God. But they too, as one, have broken off the yoke and torn off the bonds.
  • Zech 8:5 : 5 And the streets of the city will be filled with boys and girls playing there.

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    15He who has ears, let him hear.

    16To what can I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling out to their companions:

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

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

    19The 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.

    20Then He began to denounce the cities in which most of His miracles had been performed, because they did not repent:

  • Luke 7:31
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    31Jesus said, 'To what, then, can I compare the people of this generation? What are they like?'

  • Luke 7:33-34
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    33'For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, "He has a demon!"'

    34'The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, "Look, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!"'

  • Matt 21:31-32
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    31Which of the two did the will of his father? They said, 'The first.' Jesus said to them, 'Truly I tell you, tax collectors and prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God before you.'

    32For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him. But the tax collectors and prostitutes did believe him. And even when you saw it, you did not later change your minds and believe him.

  • Luke 5:33-34
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    33Then they said to Him, "Why do John's disciples often fast and pray, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees, but Yours eat and drink?"

    34Jesus replied, "Can you make the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them?

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    32Indeed, to them you are like someone who sings lustful songs with a beautiful voice and plays the instrument well. They listen to your words, but they do not put them into practice.

  • Matt 9:14-15
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    14Then the disciples of John came to him and asked, 'Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples do not fast?'

    15Jesus answered them, 'Can the wedding guests mourn while the bridegroom is with them? But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.'

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    30Those who weep, as if they did not weep; those who rejoice, as if they did not rejoice; those who buy, as if they did not possess.

  • Luke 6:25
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    25Woe to you who are well fed now, for you will go hungry. Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.

  • Luke 13:26
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    26'Then you will say, ‘We ate and drank with you, and you taught in our streets.’

  • Luke 7:24-25
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    24After John's messengers left, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: 'What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed swayed by the wind?'

    25'But what did you go out to see? A man dressed in soft clothes? No, those who wear splendid clothes and indulge in luxury are in royal palaces.'

  • Mark 2:18-19
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    18Now John's disciples and the Pharisees were fasting, and people came and asked Jesus, 'Why do John's disciples and the Pharisees’ disciples fast, but your disciples do not fast?

    19Jesus said to them, 'Can the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.'

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    3He sent his servants to call those who had been invited to the wedding, but they refused to come.

  • Isa 5:12
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    12They have harps and lyres, tambourines and flutes, and wine at their banquets, but they pay no attention to the deeds of the Lord or consider the work of His hands.

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    14They do not cry out to me from their hearts but wail on their beds. They gather together for grain and new wine but turn away from me.

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    36What does He mean when He said, ‘You will look for Me, but you will not find Me,’ and ‘Where I am, you cannot come’?”

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    7The new wine dries up, the vine withers, and all the merry-hearted groan.

  • Lam 5:15
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    15The joy of our hearts has ended; our dancing has turned into mourning.

  • Luke 14:7
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    7When Jesus noticed how the guests chose the places of honor, he told them this parable:

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    12But the sons of the kingdom will be cast out into the outer darkness; there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

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    7John said to the crowds coming to be baptized by him, "You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?"

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    28But Jesus turned to them and said, 'Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for Me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.

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    20Truly, truly, I tell you, you will weep and mourn while the world rejoices. You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy.

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    28There will be weeping there, and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but you yourselves thrown out.

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    6And when you eat and when you drink, aren’t you eating and drinking for yourselves?

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    27When you speak all these words to them, they will not listen to you; when you call to them, they will not answer you.

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    46Why do you call me 'Lord, Lord,' but do not do what I say?

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    12They sing to the tambourine and lyre and rejoice to the sound of the flute.

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    13'Just as I called, and they did not listen, so when they call, I will not listen,' says the LORD of Hosts.

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    9Grieve, mourn and weep. Turn your laughter to mourning and your joy to gloom.

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