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Matthew 11:16-18
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
Matthew 11:16-18
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
But This Generation Rejects Both The One Preparing And The One Who Came
16 “But to what will I liken this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces who, calling to the others, 17 say ‘We played the flute for you and you did not dance. We lamented[a] and you did not beat-your-breast[b]’. 18 For John came neither eating nor drinking[c], and they say ‘He has a demon’.
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- Matthew 11:17 Or, sang a funeral song.
- Matthew 11:17 That is, in mourning.
- Matthew 11:18 That is, John did not socialize with them. Jesus did the opposite, eating and drinking with all the people. The Jews rejected them both.
Disciples’ Literal New Testament (DLNT) 
Disciples' Literal New Testament: Serving Modern Disciples by More Fully Reflecting the Writing Style of the Ancient Disciples, Copyright © 2011 Michael J. Magill. All Rights Reserved. Published by Reyma Publishing
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