Matthew 11:17 KJV — MannaFest

Matthew 11:17

And saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented.

KJV

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ASV

and say, We piped unto you, and ye did not dance; we wailed, and ye did not mourn.

WEB

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

YLT

and saying, We piped unto you, and ye did not dance, we lamented to you, and ye did not smite the breast.

DBT

say, We have piped to you, and ye have not danced: we have mourned to you, and ye have not wailed.

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Matthew — The Gospel of the promised King. Five discourses punctuate the narrative; roughly sixty-five Old Testament citations bind the story to the prophets.

Author: Matthew (Levi), a former tax collector called by Jesus
Date: c. AD 50–60

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15 verses on the floor

Ecclesiastes 3:4
A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
Isaiah 28:9–13
Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts.
Isaiah 30:29
Ye shall have a song, as in the night when a holy solemnity is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goeth with a pipe to come into the mountain of the Lord, to the mighty One of Israel.
Jeremiah 9:17–20
Thus saith the Lord of hosts, Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for cunning women, that they may come:
Matthew 9:15
And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then shall they fast.

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