31 And the Lord said,Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like?
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Jesus went on to say, “To what, then, can I compare the people of this generation? 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.
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They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling out to each other: “ ‘We played the pipe for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not cry.’