Matthew 11:17

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

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  • 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 30:29 : 29 You will sing as on the night of a sacred festival; your hearts will rejoice as when people go up with flutes to the mountain of the LORD, to the Rock of Israel.
  • Jer 9:17-20 : 17 'Let them come quickly and lift up a lament over us so that our eyes may overflow with tears and our eyelids stream with water.' 18 'For a voice of wailing is heard from Zion: “How devastated we are! We are utterly ashamed, for we have left the land and our dwellings have been cast off.”' 19 'Hear the word of the Lord, you women; let your ears receive the words of His mouth. Teach your daughters to wail and one another to mourn.' 20 'For death has climbed in through our windows and entered our fortresses, cutting off children from the streets and young men from the public squares.'
  • Jer 31:4 : 4 I will build you up again, and you will be rebuilt, O virgin Israel. Again, you will take up your tambourines and go out in joyful dancing.
  • Matt 9:15 : 15 Jesus 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.'
  • Matt 9:23 : 23 When Jesus entered the ruler’s house and saw the flute players and the noisy crowd,
  • 1 Kgs 1:40 : 40 All the people went up after him, playing flutes and rejoicing with such great joy that the ground shook from the sound.
  • 1 Cor 9:19-23 : 19 For though I am free from all, I have made myself a servant to everyone, so that I might win more of them. 20 To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win the Jews. To those under the law, I became like one under the law, even though I myself am not under the law, to win those under the law. 21 To those without the law, I became like one without the law (not being without God’s law but under the law of Christ), to win those without the law. 22 To the weak, I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all people, so that by all possible means I might save some. 23 I do all this for the sake of the gospel, so that I may share in its blessings.
  • Luke 15:25 : 25 Meanwhile, the older son was in the field. As he came and drew near the house, he heard music and dancing.

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

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    33'For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, "He has a demon!"'

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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:

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

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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?'

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