Luke 7:32

They're like little children who sit in the marketplace and shout to each other, "A wedding song we played for you, the dance you all did scorn. A woeful dirge we chanted, too, but then you would not mourn.'

Proverbs 17:16

What is this? A fool has enough money to buy wisdom, but is senseless?

Isaiah 28:9-13

To whom will he teach knowledge, and to whom will he explain the message? To children just weaned from milk? To those just taken from the breast?

Isaiah 29:11-12

"And this entire vision has become for you like the words of a sealed book. When people give it to someone who can read, and say, "Read this, please,' he answers, "I cannot, because it is sealed.'

Jeremiah 5:3-5

LORD, don't your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they didn't flinch. You brought them to an end, but they refused to receive discipline. They made their faces harder than stone, and they refused to repent.

Zechariah 8:5

The city parks will be filled with boys and girls. They will play in the city's open parks.'

Matthew 11:16-19

"To what can I compare the people living today? They're like little children who sit in the marketplaces and shout to each other,

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
What is this? A fool has enough money to buy wisdom, but is senseless?
Isaiah 28:9
To whom will he teach knowledge, and to whom will he explain the message? To children just weaned from milk? To those just taken from the breast?
Isaiah 29:11
"And this entire vision has become for you like the words of a sealed book. When people give it to someone who can read, and say, "Read this, please,' he answers, "I cannot, because it is sealed.'
Jeremiah 5:3
LORD, don't your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they didn't flinch. You brought them to an end, but they refused to receive discipline. They made their faces harder than stone, and they refused to repent.
Matthew 11:16
"To what can I compare the people living today? They're like little children who sit in the marketplaces and shout to each other,

Children

Zechariah 8:5
The city parks will be filled with boys and girls. They will play in the city's open parks.'

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