The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Behold, a gluttonous man and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ But wisdom is justified by her children.”
Parallel translations
- KJV The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified of her children.
- BSB The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Look at this glutton and drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ But wisdom is vindicated by her actions.”
- NKJV The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Look, a glutton and a winebibber, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ But wisdom is justified by her children.”
- NASB The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Behold, a gluttonous man and a heavy drinker, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ And yet wisdom is vindicated by her deeds.”
- 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!’ But wisdom is shown to be right by its results.”
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- Luke 7:34–36The 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!’
- Matt 9:10–11As he sat in the house, behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and sat down with Jesus and his disciples.
- Luke 19:7When they saw it, they all murmured, saying, “He has gone in to lodge with a man who is a sinner.”
- Luke 15:1–2Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming close to him to hear him.
- Luke 5:29–30Levi made a great feast for him in his house. There was a great crowd of tax collectors and others who were reclining with them.
- Luke 14:1When he went into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees on a Sabbath to eat bread, they were watching him.
- 1 Cor 1:24–29but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God.
- Prov 17:24Wisdom is before the face of one who has understanding, but the eyes of a fool wander to the ends of the earth.
- Ps 92:5–6How great are your works, Yahweh! Your thoughts are very deep.
- Luke 7:29When all the people and the tax collectors heard this, they declared God to be just, having been baptized with John’s baptism.
- John 12:2–8So they made him a supper there. Martha served, but Lazarus was one of those who sat at the table with him.
- John 2:2Jesus also was invited, with his disciples, to the marriage.
- Rom 15:2Let each one of us please his neighbor for that which is good, to be building him up.
- Rev 5:11–14I saw, and I heard something like a voice of many angels around the throne, the living creatures, and the elders; and the number of them was ten thousands of ten thousands, and thousands of thousands;
- Rev 7:12saying, “Amen! Blessing, glory, wisdom, thanksgiving, honor, power, and might, be to our God forever and ever! Amen.”
- Eph 3:8–10To me, the very least of all saints, was this grace given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,
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