Luke 7:33
31 And the Lord said, Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like?
32 They are like unto children sitting in the marketplace, and calling one to another, and saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned to you, and ye have not wept.
For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a devil.
34 The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!
35 But wisdom is justified of all her children.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon!’
- KJV
- For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a devil.
- WEB
- For John the Baptizer came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon.’
- ASV
- For John the Baptist is come eating no bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a demon.
- DARBY
- For John the baptist has come neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and ye say, He has a demon.
- BLB
- For John the Baptist has come neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you⁺ say, ‘He has a demon!’
- ÅB
- For døperen Johannes er kommet; han hverken spiste brød eller drakk vin, og dere sier: Han er besatt!
- OTB
- For Johannes Døperen kom verken spisende brød eller drikkende vin, og dere sier, ‘Han er besatt.’
- B1930
- For døperen Johannes er kommet; han hverken åt brød eller drakk vin, og I sier: Han er besatt!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Luke 1:15
For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother’s womb.
Read in contextMark 1:6
And John was clothed with camel’s hair, and with a girdle of a skin about his loins; and he did eat locusts and wild honey;
Read in contextMatthew 3:4
And the same John had his raiment of camel’s hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.
Read in contextJohn 8:52
Then said the Jews unto him, Now we know that thou hast a devil. Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and thou sayest, If a man keep my saying, he shall never taste of death.
Read in contextActs 2:13
Others mocking said, These men are full of new wine.
Read in contextJeremiah 16:8–10
Thou shalt not also go into the house of feasting, to sit with them to eat and to drink.
Read in contextJohn 10:20
And many of them said, He hath a devil, and is mad; why hear ye him?
Read in contextJohn 8:48
Then answered the Jews, and said unto him, Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil?
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