Matthew 11:16-17 Devotionals, Articles & Bible Study

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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