They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling (prosphōnousin | προσφωνοῦσιν | pres act ptcp dat pl neut) to one another, ‘We played the flute for you, but you did not dance; we wailed in mourning, but you did not weep.’
“To what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces who cry (prosphōnounta | προσφωνοῦντα | pres act ptcp nom pl neut) to their friends,
Therefore when he came into the world, he said, “Sacrifice and offering (prosphoran | προσφοράν | acc sg fem) you did not desire, but a body you prepared for me.