Catholic Public Domain Version
"who, calling out to their companions, say: ‘We played music for you, and you did not dance. We lamented, and you did not mourn.’ "
— Matthew 11:17, Catholic Public Domain Version
“And saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented.”
“and say, We piped unto you, and ye did not dance; we wailed, and ye did not mourn. ”
“and say, 'We played the flute for you, and you didn't dance. We mourned for you, and you didn't lament.'”
“‘We played the flute for you, yet you did not dance; we wailed in mourning, yet you did not weep.’”
“Who crying to their companions say: We have piped to you, and you have not danced: we have lamented, and you have not mourned.”
“We made music for you and you did not take part in the dance; we gave cries of sorrow and you made no signs of grief.”
“And saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented.”
And if you are willing to accept it, he is the Elijah, who is to come.
Whoever has ears to hear, let him hear.
But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplace,
who, calling out to their companions, say: ‘We played music for you, and you did not dance. We lamented, and you did not mourn.’
For John came neither eating nor drinking; and they say, ‘He has a demon.’
The Son of man came eating and drinking; and they say, ‘Behold, a man who eats voraciously and who drinks wine, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.’ But wisdom is justified by her sons.”
Then he began to rebuke the cities in which many of his miracles were accomplished, for they still had not repented.