Luke 7:32 meaning and explanation
They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling out to one another: ‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not weep.’
Luke 7:32, Berean Standard Bible
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Jesus is speaking to the crowds about the people of his generation, and he borrows a picture from children's games in the marketplace. Children playing wedding music expect dancing, then switch to a funeral dirge and expect mourning, but their playmates refuse to join either.
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