Christian Standard Bible
Matthew 11:19
19The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Look, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ Yet wisdom is vindicated by her deeds.”
Matthew 11:19 in other versions
- King James Version (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.
- New International Version (NIV)The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.’ But wisdom is proved right by her deeds.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'Look at him! A glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!' Yet wisdom is justified by her deeds."
- New King James Version (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.”
Context of Matthew 11:19
17We played the flute for you, but you didn’t dance; we sang a lament, but you didn’t mourn! 18For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon!’ The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Look, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ Yet wisdom is vindicated by her deeds.” 20Then he proceeded to denounce the towns where most of his miracles were done, because they did not repent: 21“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented in sackcloth and ashes long ago.
Read all of Matthew 11Matthew 11:19 word by word
ἦλθεν ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἐσθίων καὶ πίνων, καὶ λέγουσιν· ἰδοὺ ἄνθρωπος φάγος καὶ οἰνοπότης, τελωνῶν φίλος καὶ ἁμαρτωλῶν. καὶ ἐδικαιώθη ἡ σοφία ἀπὸ τῶν ἔργων αὐτῆς.¶Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- The Sonὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- The Sonυἱόςuihos · sonG5207
- of manἄνθρωποςanthrōpos · a humanG444
- cameἔρχομαιerchomai · to come/goG2064
- eatingἐσθίωesthiō · to eatG2068
- andκαίkai · andG2532
- drinkingπίνωpinō piō poō · to drinkG4095
- they sayλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
- Beholdὁράωhoraō · to see: seeG3708
- gluttonousφάγοςphagos · gluttonG5314
- a winebibberοἰνοπότηςoinopotēs · drunkardG3630
- a friendφίλοςphilos · friendly/friendG5384
- of publicansτελώνηςtelōnēs · tax collectorG5057
- sinnersἁμαρτωλόςhamartōlos · sinfulG268
- wisdomσοφίαsophia · wisdomG4678
- is justifiedδικαιόωdikaioō · to justifyG1344
- ofἀπόapo · away fromG575
- herαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
- childrenτέκνονteknon · childG5043
Cross-references for Matthew 11:19
- Luke 5:29Then Levi hosted a grand banquet for him at his house. Now there was a large crowd of tax collectors and others who were reclining at the table with them.
- Luke 7:34The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Look, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’
- Luke 14:1One Sabbath, when he went in to eat at the house of one of the leading Pharisees, they were watching him closely.
- John 2:2and Jesus and his disciples were invited to the wedding as well.
- John 12:2So they gave a dinner for him there; Martha was serving them, and Lazarus was one of those reclining at the table with him.
- Romans 15:2Each one of us is to please his neighbor for his good, to build him up.
- Matthew 9:10While he was reclining at the table in the house, many tax collectors and sinners came to eat with Jesus and his disciples.
- Luke 15:1All the tax collectors and sinners were approaching to listen to him.
- Luke 19:7All who saw it began to complain, “He’s gone to stay with a sinful man.”
- Psalms 92:5How magnificent are your works, Lord, how profound your thoughts!
- Proverbs 17:24Wisdom is the focus of the perceptive, but a fool’s eyes roam to the ends of the earth.
- Luke 7:29(And when all the people, including the tax collectors, heard this, they acknowledged God’s way of righteousness, because they had been baptized with John’s baptism.
- 1 Corinthians 1:24Yet to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God,
- Ephesians 3:8This grace was given to me — the least of all the saints — to proclaim to the Gentiles the incalculable riches of Christ,
- Revelation 5:11Then I looked and heard the voice of many angels around the throne, and also of the living creatures and of the elders. Their number was countless thousands, plus thousands of thousands.
- Revelation 7:12saying, Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and strength be to our God forever and ever. Amen.
Commentaries on Matthew 11:19
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 19The Son of man came eating and drinking - That is, went wheresoever he was invited to eat a morsel of bread, and observed no rigid fasts: how could he, who had no corrupt appetites to mortify or subdue? They say, Behold a man gluttonous, etc. - Whatever measures the followers of God may take, they will not escape the censure of the world: the best way is not to be concerned at them. Iniquity, being always ready to oppose and contradict the Divine conduct…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 16-19Verses 16-19 But whereunto shall I liken - Christ proceeds to reprove the inconsistency and fickleness of that age of people. He says they were like children - nothing pleased them. He refers here to the “plays” or “sports” of children. Instrumental music, or piping and dancing, were used in marriages and festivals as a sign of joy. See the notes at Isaiah 5:11-12. Compare Job 21:11; 2 Samuel 6:14; Judges 11:34; Luke 15:25. Children imitate their…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 16-24Verses 16-24 Christ reflects on the scribes and Pharisees, who had a proud conceit of themselves. He likens their behaviour to children's play, who being out of temper without reason, quarrel with all the attempts of their fellows to please them, or to get them to join in the plays for which they used to assemble. The cavils of worldly men are often very trifling and show great malice. Something they have to urge against every one, however excellent and…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 18-19Here Jesus describes how both John and he himself offended the people of that generation. John lived in the wilderness, eating locusts and honey (Matthew 3:1, 4). People accused him of having a demon. Jesus, by contrast, ate and drank freely with others. People accused him of being like a rebellious son (see Deuteronomy 21:18–21).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-191. And it came to pass, when Jesus had made an end of commanding his twelve disciple--rather, "the twelve disciples," he departed thence to teach and to preach in their cities--This was scarcely a fourth circuit--if we may judge from the less formal way in which it was expressed--but, perhaps, a set of visits paid to certain places, either not reached at all before, or too rapidly passed through, in order to fill up the time till the return of the Twelve…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Matthew 11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Catena Aurea
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- John Lightfoot Commentary
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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