KJV King James Version
For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a devil.
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Luke 7:33
For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a devil.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon!’
WEB World English Bible
For John the Baptizer came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon.’
ASV American Standard Version
For John the Baptist is come eating no bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a demon.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and ye say, He hath a demon;
Surrounding context — Luke 7
30 But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized of him.
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.
33 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.
36 And 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.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
ἐλήλυθενG2064 · erchomaito come/goγὰρG1063 · garforἸωάννηςG2491 · IōannēsJohnὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoβαπτιστὴςG910 · Baptistēsone who baptizesμὴG3361 · mēnotἐσθίωνG2068 · esthiōto eatἄρτονG740 · artosbreadμήτεG3383 · mēteneitherπίνωνG4095 · pinōto drinkοἶνον,G3631 · oinoswineκαὶG2532 · kaiandλέγετε·G3004 · legōto sayδαιμόνιονG1140 · daimoniondemonἔχει.G2192 · echōto have/be
Cross-references
Luke 1:15For 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.Mark 1:6And 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;Acts 2:13Others mocking said, These men are full of new wine.Jeremiah 16:8-10Thou shalt not also go into the house of feasting, to sit with them to eat and to drink.John 8:52Then 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.John 8:48Then answered the Jews, and said unto him, Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil?Matthew 3:4And 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.John 10:20And many of them said, He hath a devil, and is mad; why hear ye him?Matthew 10:25It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more [shall they call] them of his household?
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