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Luke 7:32 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" 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

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30 But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected the counsel of God, not being baptized by him themselves.

31 “To what then should I compare the people of this generation? What are they like?

32 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.’

33 For John the Baptizer came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon.’

34 The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Behold, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’

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"“But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces, who call to their companions"

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"They haven’t cried to me with their heart, but they howl on their beds. They assemble themselves for grain and new wine. They turn away from me."

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Isaiah 47:8

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"“Now therefore hear this, you who are given to pleasures, who sit securely, who say in your heart, ‘I am, and there is no one else besides me. I won’t sit as a widow, neither will I know the loss of children.’"

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Wisdom 5:3

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"They will speak among themselves repenting, and for distress of spirit they will groan, “This was he whom we used to hold in derision, as a parable of reproach."

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"Why is there money in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, since he has no understanding?"

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From This Chapter

Luke 7:1

"After he had finished speaking in the hearing of the people, he entered into Capernaum."

Luke 7:2

"A certain centurion’s servant, who was dear to him, was sick and at the point of death."

Luke 7:3

"When he heard about Jesus, he sent to him elders of the Jews, asking him to come and save his servant."

Luke 7:4

"When they came to Jesus, they begged him earnestly, saying, “He is worthy for you to do this for him,"

Luke 7:5

"for he loves our nation, and he built our synagogue for us.”"

Luke 7:6

"Jesus went with them. When he was now not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying to him, “Lord, don’t trouble yourself, for I am not worthy for you to come under my roof."

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