KJV King James Version
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!
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Luke 7:34
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!
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Look at this glutton and drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’
WEB World English Bible
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!’
ASV American Standard Version
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!
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
the Son of Man came eating and drinking, and ye say, Lo, a man, a glutton, and a wine drinker, a friend of tax-gatherers and sinners;
Surrounding context — Luke 7
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.
37 And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that [Jesus] sat at meat in the Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster box of ointment,
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Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
ἐλήλυθενG2064 · erchomaito come/goὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoυἱὸςG5207 · uhiossonτοῦG3588 · hothe/this/whoἀνθρώπουG444 · anthrōposa humanἐσθίωνG2068 · esthiōto eatκαὶG2532 · kaiandπίνων,G4095 · pinōto drinkκαὶG2532 · kaiandλέγετε·G3004 · legōto sayἰδοὺG2400 · idoulook!ἄνθρωποςG444 · anthrōposa humanφάγοςG5314 · phagosgluttonκαὶG2532 · kaiandοἰνοπότης,G3630 · oinopotēsdrunkardφίλοςG5384 · philosfriendly/friendτελωνῶνG5057 · telōnēstax collectorκαὶG2532 · kaiandἁμαρτωλῶν.G268 · hamartōlossinful
Cross-references
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.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 19:7And when they saw [it], they all murmured, saying, That he was gone to be guest with a man that is a sinner.Matthew 9:11And when the Pharisees saw [it], they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners?John 2:2And both Jesus was called, and his disciples, to the marriage.Luke 11:37And as he spake, a certain Pharisee besought him to dine with him: and he went in, and sat down to meat.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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