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NASB					Matt 11:17 and say³⁰⁰⁴, 'We played⁸³² the flute⁸³² for you, and you did not dance³⁷³⁸; we sang²³⁵⁴ a dirge²³⁵⁴, and you did not ¹mourn²⁸⁷⁵.'
AMPLIFIED 2015					Matt 11:17 and say 'We piped the flute for you [playing wedding], and you did not dance; we wailed sad dirges [playing funeral], and you did not mourn and cry aloud.'

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Lit beat the breast

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Greek Heb.

832

auleô; from 836; to play on a flute:--played on the flute(1), played the flute(2).

2354

thrêneô; from 2355; to lament:--lament(1), lamenting(1), sang a dirge(2).

2875

koptô; from a prim. root kop-; to cut (off), strike, by ext. to mourn:--cut(1), cutting(1), lament(1), lamenting(1), mourn(3), mourning(1).

3004

legô; a prim. vb.; to say:--addressing(1), agree*(1), ask(1), asked(3), asking(4), bring charges(1), call(8), called(34), calling(1), calls(3), claimed(1), claiming(2), command(3), designated(1), follows(1), give(1), gives(1), greeted*(1), made(1), mean(2), means(3), meant(1), mention(1), named(3), ordered(2), quote(1), referred(1), remarking(1), said(1086), say(364), saying(440), says(102), shouting(1), so-called(3), speak(22), speaking(17), speaks(6), spoke(18), spoken(26), stated(1), stating(2), talking(5), tell(71), telling(18), thing spoken(1), things spoken(1), thought(1), told(35), using(1).

3738

orcheomai; of unc. or.; to dance:--dance(2), danced(2).

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