Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like ? They are like unto children sitting in the market-place, and calling one to another, and saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced : we have mourned unto... The Works... - Page 27by John Wesley - 1827Full view - About this book
| Francis Close - Sermons, English - 1834 - 462 pages
...compares himself and his disciples " to children sitting in the markets, and calling unto their fellows, and saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced : we have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented."* The attempt to deliver the truth in such a manner as to make... | |
| Parsons Cooke - Future punishment - 1834 - 256 pages
...plainer language than any other sacred writer." Surely he is like to children sitting in the market and saying we have piped unto you, and ye have not danced, we have mourned unto you and ye have not lamented. The truth now is taught too plainly to admit belief. I have already... | |
| rev William Ellis - 298 pages
...loved better than all else in life, were in the hands of One mighty to save. "John the Baptist cnme neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and ye say he hath a devil !" were the expostulatory words our Saviour addressed to the Pharisees when they reviled Him for eating... | |
| Thomas Bissland - Sermons, English - 1835 - 434 pages
...are they like ? They are like unto children sitting in the market-place, and calling one to another, and saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not...wine; and ye say, He hath a devil. The Son of man is corne eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold a gluttonous man,' and a wine-bibber, a friend of publicans... | |
| 1835 - 162 pages
...are they like? They are like unto children sitting in the market-place, and calling one to another, and saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not...eating bread nor drinking wine : and ye say, He hath a demon. The Son of man is come eating and drinking, and ye say, Behold a gluttonous man, and a drinker... | |
| Albert Barnes - Bible - 1799 - 434 pages
...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.... | |
| David Alan Kraul - Religion - 2004 - 348 pages
...liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the markets, and calling unto their fellows. And saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented. For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath... | |
| John Adams - Literary Collections - 2003 - 516 pages
...gossipers, William Smith supposedly preached after Abigail's wedding on Luke 7:33, "For John . . . came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and ye say, He hath a devil." The marriage was one between spiritual and intellectual equals. Abigail was educated at home by her mother... | |
| Walter Curtis Lichfield - Bible - 2004 - 638 pages
...this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the markets, and calling unto their fellows, 17. And saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented. 18. For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He... | |
| 2002 - 706 pages
...another and saying, 'We have piped to you, and you have not danced; we have sung 33 dirges, and you have not wept.' For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking 34 wine, and you say, 'He has a devil.' The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and you say, 'Behold... | |
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