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And if ye will receive it, this is Elias, which was for to come.(Matthew 11:14)
He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.(Matthew 11:15)
But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the markets, and calling unto their fellows,(Matthew 11:16)
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 a devil.(Matthew 11:18)
The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified of her children.(Matthew 11:19)
Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done, because they repented not:(Matthew 11:20)

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Matthew 11:17 - Cross Reference

For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more. (1 Corinthians 9:19)
Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts. (Isaiah 28:9)
And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then shall they fast. (Matthew 9:15)
Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard musick and dancing. (Luke 15:25)
And when Jesus came into the ruler's house, and saw the minstrels and the people making a noise, (Matthew 9:23)
Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel: thou shalt again be adorned with thy tabrets, and shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry. (Jeremiah 31:4)
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for cunning women, that they may come: (Jeremiah 9:17)
And all the people came up after him, and the people piped with pipes, and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth rent with the sound of them. (1 Kings 1:40)
Ye shall have a song, as in the night when a holy solemnity is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goeth with a pipe to come into the mountain of the LORD, to the mighty One of Israel. (Isaiah 30:29)