Luke 7:32

They are like children who sit in the market place and call to one another, and they say, ‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not weep.’

Proverbs 17:16

Why is there a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom,
When he has no sense?

Isaiah 28:9-13

“To whom would He teach knowledge,
And to whom would He interpret the message?
Those just weaned from milk?
Those just taken from the breast?

Isaiah 29:11-12

The entire vision will be to you like the words of a sealed book, which when they give it to the one who is literate, saying, “Please read this,” he will say, “I cannot, for it is sealed.”

Jeremiah 5:3-5

O Lord, do not Your eyes look for truth?
You have smitten them,
But they did not weaken;
You have consumed them,
But they refused to take correction.
They have made their faces harder than rock;
They have refused to repent.

Zechariah 8:5

And the streets of the city will be filled with boys and girls playing in its streets.’

Matthew 11:16-19

“But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the market places, who call out to the other children,

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Summary

They are like unto children sitting in the marketplace, and calling one to another, and saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned to you, and ye have not wept.

Children

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Proverbs 17:16
Why is there a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom,
When he has no sense?
Isaiah 28:9
“To whom would He teach knowledge,
And to whom would He interpret the message?
Those just weaned from milk?
Those just taken from the breast?
Isaiah 29:11
The entire vision will be to you like the words of a sealed book, which when they give it to the one who is literate, saying, “Please read this,” he will say, “I cannot, for it is sealed.”
Jeremiah 5:3
O Lord, do not Your eyes look for truth?
You have smitten them,
But they did not weaken;
You have consumed them,
But they refused to take correction.
They have made their faces harder than rock;
They have refused to repent.
Matthew 11:16
“But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the market places, who call out to the other children,

Children

Zechariah 8:5
And the streets of the city will be filled with boys and girls playing in its streets.’