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Podcast: BIBLE IN TEN
Episode: Matthew 11:17
Description: Saturday, 5 July 2025
and saying:
‘We played the flute for you,
And you did not dance;
We mourned to you,
And you did not lament.’ Matthew 11:17
“...and they say, ‘We piped to you and not you danced. We bewailed to you and not you breast-beat’” (CG).
In the previous verse, Jesus began a description of those He calls “this generation,” equating them to children sitting in the markets addressing their companions. Of them, Jesus continues with, “and they say, ‘We piped to you.’”
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