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‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.’

On Herod’s birthday, however, the daughter of Herodias danced before them and pleased Herod

When the daughter of Herodias came and danced, she pleased Herod and his guests, and the king said to the girl, “Ask me for whatever you wish, and I will give it to you.”

They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling out to one another: ‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not weep.’