Matthew 11
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New American Standard Bible 1995

Matthew 11:17-19

17and sayG3004, ‘We playedG832 the fluteG832 for you, and you did not danceG3738; we sangG2354 a dirgeG2354, and you did not 1mournG2875.’ 18For JohnG2491 cameG2064 neitherG3383 2eatingG2068 norG3383 3drinkingG4095, and they sayG3004, ‘4He hasG2192 a demonG1140!’ 19The SonG5207 of ManG444 cameG2064 eatingG2068 and drinkingG4095, and they sayG3004, ‘BeholdG2400, a gluttonousG5314 manG444 and a 5drunkardG3630, 6a friendG5384 of taxG5057 collectorsG5057 and 7sinnersG268!’ YetG2532 wisdomG4678 is vindicatedG1344 by her deedsG2041.”

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Notes

  1. 1. Matthew 11:17 Lit beat the breast ↩
  2. 2. Matthew 11:18 Matt 3:4 ↩
  3. 3. Matthew 11:18 Luke 1:15 ↩
  4. 4. Matthew 11:18 Matt 9:34; John 7:20; 8:48f, 52; 10:20 ↩
  5. 5. Matthew 11:19 Or wine-drinker ↩
  6. 6. Matthew 11:19 Matt 9:11; Luke 5:29-32; 15:2 ↩
  7. 7. Matthew 11:19 I.e. irreligious Jews ↩

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