Matthew 11:17 - Common English Bible

‘We played the flute for you and you didn’t dance. We sang a funeral song and you didn’t mourn.’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

and saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

We piped to you [playing wedding], and you did not dance; we wailed dirges [playing funeral], and you did not mourn and beat your breasts and weep aloud.

American Standard Version (1901)

and say, We piped unto you, and ye did not dance; we wailed, and ye did not mourn.

Catholic Public Domain Version

who, calling out to their companions, say: 'We played music for you, and you did not dance. We lamented, and you did not mourn.'