World English Bible
"and say, 'We played the flute for you, and you didn't dance. We mourned for you, and you didn't lament.'"
— Matthew 11:17, World English Bible
“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. ”
“‘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.”
If you are willing to receive it, this is Elijah, who is to come.
He who has ears to hear, let him hear.
"But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces, who call to their companions
and say, 'We played the flute for you, and you didn't dance. We mourned for you, and you didn't lament.'
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 gluttonous man and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!' But wisdom is justified by her children."
Then he began to denounce the cities in which most of his mighty works had been done, because they didn't repent.