Luke 7:32 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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.”
Luke 7:32 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Luke 7:32 in 6 Bible Translations
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Luke 7:32 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“They are like children who sit in the marketplace and call to one another, saying, ‘We piped to you, and you didn’t dance. We mourned, and you didn’t weep.’”
Luke 7:32 — World English Bible
Luke 7:32 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“They are like unto children that sit in the marketplace, and call one to another; who say, We piped unto you, and ye did not dance; we wailed, and ye did not weep. ”
Luke 7:32 — American Standard Version
Luke 7:32 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“they are like to children, to those sitting in a market-place, and calling one to another, and saying, We piped to you, and ye did not dance, we mourned to you, and ye did not weep!”
Luke 7:32 — Young's Literal Translation
Luke 7:32 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“They are like children sitting in the market-place, and calling one to another and saying, We have piped to you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned to you, and ye have not wept. ”
Luke 7:32 — Darby Translation
Luke 7:32 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“They are like vnto litle children sitting in the market place, and crying one to another, and saying, We haue piped vnto you, and ye haue not daunced: we haue mourned to you, and ye haue not wept.”
Luke 7:32 — Geneva Bible
Luke 7:32 in Context — Luke 7
30 But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized of him.
31 And the Lord said, Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like?
32 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.
33 For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a devil.
34 The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!
What Does Luke 7:32 Mean?
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