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Matthew 11:17

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

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  1. Matthew 11:15

    He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

  2. Matthew 11:16

    But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the markets, and calling unto their fellows,

  3. Matthew 11:18

    For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a devil.

  4. Matthew 11:19

    The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified of her children.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.