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!
Parallel translations
- WEB The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Behold, a gluttonous man, and a drunkard; a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’
- BSB The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Look at this glutton and drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’
- NKJV The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Look, a glutton and a winebibber, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’
- NASB The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Behold, a gluttonous man and a heavy drinker, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’
- NLT The Son of Man, on the other hand, feasts and drinks, and you say, ‘He’s a glutton and a drunkard, and a friend of tax collectors and other sinners!’
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Quick answer
The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they called Him a glutton, drunkard, and friend of sinners. They rejected Jesus' ministry as readily as John's.
Overview
Jesus' joyful fellowship with sinners, the opposite of John's asceticism, drew the opposite slander. The contradictory complaints expose that the critics will accept no messenger from God. Yet the very charge, 'friend of sinners,' unwittingly proclaims the glory of the gospel: Jesus came to seek and save the lost.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 9
- Luke 15:2And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them.
- Luke 7:36And one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with him. And he went into the Pharisee’s house, and sat down to meat.
- Matt 9:11And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners?
- Luke 19:7And when they saw it, they all murmured, saying, That he was gone to be guest with a man that is a sinner.
- Luke 14:1And it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath day, that they watched him.
- John 12:2There they made him a supper; and Martha served: but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with him.
- Luke 11:37And as he spake, a certain Pharisee besought him to dine with him: and he went in, and sat down to meat.
- John 2:2And both Jesus was called, and his disciples, to the marriage.
- Luke 5:29And Levi made him a great feast in his own house: and there was a great company of publicans and of others that sat down with them.
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