Luke 7:32

They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling to one another, "'We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not weep.'

Proverbs 17:16

Why should a fool have money in his hand to buy wisdom when he has no sense?

Isaiah 28:9-13

"To whom will he teach knowledge, and to whom will he explain the message? Those who are weaned from the milk, those taken from the breast?

Isaiah 29:11-12

And the vision of all this has become to you like the words of a book that is sealed. When men give it to one who can read, saying, "Read this," he says, "I cannot, for it is sealed."

Jeremiah 5:3-5

O LORD, do not your eyes look for truth? You have struck them down, but they felt no anguish; 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 shall be full of 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 marketplaces and calling to their playmates,

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 should a fool have money in his hand to buy wisdom when he has no sense?
Isaiah 28:9
"To whom will he teach knowledge, and to whom will he explain the message? Those who are weaned from the milk, those taken from the breast?
Isaiah 29:11
And the vision of all this has become to you like the words of a book that is sealed. When men give it to one who can read, saying, "Read this," he says, "I cannot, for it is sealed."
Jeremiah 5:3
O LORD, do not your eyes look for truth? You have struck them down, but they felt no anguish; 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 marketplaces and calling to their playmates,

Children

Zechariah 8:5
And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in its streets.

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