Luke 7:32

They are like children sitting in the market place and calling to one another, and saying, ‘We played the flute for you [pretending to be at a wedding], and you did not dance; we sang a dirge [pretending to be at a funeral], and you did not weep [so nothing we did appealed to you].’

Proverbs 17:16


Why is there money in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom,
When he has no common sense or even a heart for it?

Isaiah 28:9-13


They say “To whom would He teach knowledge?
And to whom would He explain the message?
Those just weaned from milk?
Those just taken from the breast?

Isaiah 29:11-12

The entire vision [of all these things] will be to you like the words of a scroll that is sealed, which they give to one who can read, saying, “Read this, please,” he shall say, “I cannot, for it is sealed.”

Jeremiah 5:3-5


O Lord, do not Your eyes look for truth?
You [have seen their faithless heart and] have stricken them,
But they did not weaken;
You have consumed them,
But they refused to take correction or instruction.
They have made their faces harder than rock;
They have refused to repent and return to You.

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 little children sitting in the market places, who call to the others,

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

Bible References

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Proverbs 17:16

Why is there money in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom,
When he has no common sense or even a heart for it?
Isaiah 28:9

They say “To whom would He teach knowledge?
And to whom would He explain the message?
Those just weaned from milk?
Those just taken from the breast?
Isaiah 29:11
The entire vision [of all these things] will be to you like the words of a scroll that is sealed, which they give to one who can read, saying, “Read this, please,” he shall say, “I cannot, for it is sealed.”
Jeremiah 5:3

O Lord, do not Your eyes look for truth?
You [have seen their faithless heart and] have stricken them,
But they did not weaken;
You have consumed them,
But they refused to take correction or instruction.
They have made their faces harder than rock;
They have refused to repent and return to You.
Matthew 11:16
“But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like little children sitting in the market places, who call to the others,

Children

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