Matthew 11:16-17

¹⁶To 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.’

— Matthew 11:16-17

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Cross References for Matthew 11:16-17

• Luke 7:31-35
• Isaiah 28:9-13
• Mark 4:30
• Matthew 12:34
• Lamentations 2:13
• Matthew 23:36
• Luke 13:18
• Isaiah 30:29
• Jeremiah 31:4
• Matthew 9:15

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