Cross references
Matthew 11:17
‘We played the flute for you,
and you did not dance;
we sang a dirge,
and you did not mourn.’
Matthew 11:17 has 9 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 1 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Isaiah 28:9–13 (6 votes) and Isaiah 30:29 (3 votes). 16 other verses point back to it. It links with 11 other books, from Deuteronomy 32 to 1 Corinthians 14.
Which verses does Matthew 11:17 point to?
Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.
- Isaiah 28:9–136 votes
Whom is He trying to teach? To whom is He explaining His message? To infants just weaned from milk? To babies removed from the breast? For they hear: “Order on order, order on order, line on line, line on line; a little here, a little there.” …
- Isaiah 30:293 votes
You will sing as on the night of a holy festival, and your heart will rejoice like one who walks to the music of a flute, going up to the mountain of the LORD, to the Rock of Israel.
- Jeremiah 9:17–203 votes
This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Take note, and summon the wailing women; send for the most skillful among them. Let them come quickly and take up a lament over us, that our eyes may overflow with tears, and our eyelids may gush with water. …
- Jeremiah 31:42 votes
Again I will build you, and you will be rebuilt, O Virgin Israel. Again you will take up your tambourines and go out in joyful dancing.
- Matthew 9:152 votes
Jesus replied, “How can the guests of the bridegroom mourn while He is with them? But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast.
- 1 Kings 1:401 vote
All the people followed him, playing flutes and rejoicing with such a great joy that the earth was split by the sound.
- Matthew 9:231 vote
When Jesus entered the house of the synagogue leader, He saw the flute players and the noisy crowd.
- Luke 15:251 vote
Meanwhile the older son was in the field, and as he approached the house, he heard music and dancing.
- 1 Corinthians 9:19–231 vote
Though I am free of obligation to anyone, I make myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible. To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win the Jews. To those under the law I became like one under the law (though I myself am not under the law), to win those under the law. …
Which verses point to Matthew 11:17?
The 10 strongest of 16.