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Matthew 11:18
New English Translation
Matthew 11:18
New English Translation
18 For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon!’[a]
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- Matthew 11:18 sn Some interpreters have understood neither eating nor drinking as referring to the avoidance of excess. More likely it represents a criticism of John the Baptist being too separatist and ascetic, and so he was accused of not being directed by God, but by a demon.
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