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Matthew 11:17
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Matthew 11:17
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17 ‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance;
we wailed, and you did not mourn.’
Matthew 11:17
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Matthew 11:17
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17 “‘We played the pipe for you,
and you did not dance;
we sang a dirge,
and you did not mourn.’
Isaiah 28:9-13
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Isaiah 28:9-13
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9 “Whom will he teach knowledge,
and to whom will he explain the message?
Those who are weaned from milk,
those taken from the breast?(A)
10 For it is precept upon precept, precept upon precept,
line upon line, line upon line,
here a little, there a little.”[a](B)
11 Truly, with stammering lip
and with another tongue
he will speak to this people,(C)
12 to whom he has said,
“This is rest;
give rest to the weary,
and this is repose,”
yet they would not hear.(D)
13 Therefore the word of the Lord will be to them,
“Precept upon precept, precept upon precept,
line upon line, line upon line,
here a little, there a little,”[b]
in order that they may go and fall backward
and be broken and snared and taken.(E)
Isaiah 28:9-13
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Isaiah 28:9-13
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9 “Who is it he is trying to teach?(A)
To whom is he explaining his message?(B)
To children weaned(C) from their milk,(D)
to those just taken from the breast?
10 For it is:
Do this, do that,
a rule for this, a rule for that[a];
a little here, a little there.(E)”
11 Very well then, with foreign lips and strange tongues(F)
God will speak to this people,(G)
12 to whom he said,
“This is the resting place, let the weary rest”;(H)
and, “This is the place of repose”—
but they would not listen.
13 So then, the word of the Lord to them will become:
Do this, do that,
a rule for this, a rule for that;
a little here, a little there(I)—
so that as they go they will fall backward;
they will be injured(J) and snared and captured.(K)
Footnotes
- Isaiah 28:10 Hebrew / sav lasav sav lasav / kav lakav kav lakav (probably meaningless sounds mimicking the prophet’s words); also in verse 13
Isaiah 30:29
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Isaiah 30:29
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29 You shall have a song as in the night when a holy festival is kept and gladness of heart, as when one sets out to the sound of the flute to go to the mountain of the Lord, to the Rock of Israel.(A)
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1 Corinthians 9:19-23
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1 Corinthians 9:19-23
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19 For though I am free with respect to all, I have made myself a slave to all, so that I might gain all the more.(A) 20 To the Jews I became as a Jew, in order to gain Jews. To those under the law I became as one under the law (though I myself am not under the law) so that I might gain those under the law. 21 To those outside the law I became as one outside the law (though I am not outside God’s law but am within Christ’s law) so that I might gain those outside the law.(B) 22 To the weak I became weak, so that I might gain the weak. I have become all things to all people, that I might by all means save some. 23 I do it all for the sake of the gospel, so that I might become a partner in it.
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1 Corinthians 9:19-23
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1 Corinthians 9:19-23
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Paul’s Use of His Freedom
19 Though I am free(A) and belong to no one, I have made myself a slave to everyone,(B) to win as many as possible.(C) 20 To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win the Jews.(D) To those under the law I became like one under the law (though I myself am not under the law),(E) so as to win those under the law. 21 To those not having the law I became like one not having the law(F) (though I am not free from God’s law but am under Christ’s law),(G) so as to win those not having the law. 22 To the weak I became weak, to win the weak.(H) I have become all things to all people(I) so that by all possible means I might save some.(J) 23 I do all this for the sake of the gospel, that I may share in its blessings.
Matthew 9:23
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Matthew 9:23
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23 When Jesus came to the leader’s house and saw the flute players and the crowd making a commotion,(A)
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Matthew 9:23
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Matthew 9:23
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23 When Jesus entered the synagogue leader’s house and saw the noisy crowd and people playing pipes,(A)
Matthew 9:15
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Matthew 9:15
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15 And Jesus said to them, “The wedding attendants cannot mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them, can they? The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast.(A)
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Matthew 9:15
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Matthew 9:15
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15 Jesus answered, “How can the guests of the bridegroom mourn while he is with them?(A) The time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast.(B)
Jeremiah 31:4
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Jeremiah 31:4
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4 Again I will build you, and you shall be built,
O virgin Israel!
Again you shall adorn yourself with your tambourines
and go forth in the dance of the merrymakers.(A)
Jeremiah 9:17-20
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Jeremiah 9:17-20
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The People Mourn in Judgment
17 Thus says the Lord of hosts:
Consider and call for the mourning women to come;
send for the skilled women to come;(A)
18 let them quickly raise a dirge over us,
so that our eyes may run down with tears
and our eyelids flow with water.(B)
19 For a sound of wailing is heard from Zion:
“How we are ruined!
We are utterly shamed
because we have left the land,
because they have cast down our dwellings.”(C)
20 Hear, O women, the word of the Lord,
and let your ears receive the word of his mouth;
teach to your daughters a dirge
and each to her neighbor a lament.(D)
Jeremiah 9:17-20
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Jeremiah 9:17-20
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17 This is what the Lord Almighty says:
“Consider now! Call for the wailing women(A) to come;
send for the most skillful of them.
18 Let them come quickly
and wail over us
till our eyes overflow with tears
and water streams from our eyelids.(B)
19 The sound of wailing is heard from Zion:
‘How ruined(C) we are!
How great is our shame!
We must leave our land
because our houses are in ruins.’”
1 Kings 1:40
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1 Kings 1:40
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40 And all the people went up following him, playing on pipes and rejoicing with great joy, so that the earth quaked at their noise.
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1 Kings 1:40
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1 Kings 1:40
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40 And all the people went up after him, playing pipes(A) and rejoicing greatly, so that the ground shook with the sound.
Luke 15:25
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Luke 15:25
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25 “Now his elder son was in the field, and as he came and approached the house, he heard music and dancing.
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Luke 15:25
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Luke 15:25
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25 “Meanwhile, the older son was in the field. When he came near the house, he heard music and dancing.
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