“and say, ‘We played the flute for you, and you didn’t dance. We mourned for you, and you didn’t lament.’”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Matthew 11 contains 30 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.