Luke 7:30-32

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³⁰But the Pharisees and the lawyers, who had not been baptized by John, rejected God’s plan for them.

³¹“What picture can I use,” Jesus continued, “for the people of this generation? What are they like? ³²They’re like children sitting in the square and calling this old riddle to each other:

We piped for you and you didn’t dance;
we wailed for you and you didn’t cry!