Matthew 11:18-19
Living Bible
18 For John the Baptist doesn’t even drink wine and often goes without food, and you say, ‘He’s crazy.’[a] 19 And I, the Messiah,[b] feast and drink, and you complain that I am ‘a glutton and a drinking man, and hang around with the worst sort of sinners!’ But brilliant men like you can justify your every inconsistency!”
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- Matthew 11:18 He’s crazy, literally, “He has a demon.”
- Matthew 11:19 the Messiah, literally, “the Son of Man.” brilliant men like you can justify your every inconsistency, literally, “wisdom is justified by her children.”
Matthew 11:18-19
New International Version
18 For John came neither eating(A) nor drinking,(B) and they say, ‘He has a demon.’ 19 The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.’(C) But wisdom is proved right by her deeds.”
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