New Living Translation
Luke 7:34
34The 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!’
Luke 7:34 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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!
- New International Version (NIV)The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.’
- English Standard Version (ESV)The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, 'Look at him! A glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!'
- New King James Version (NKJV)The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Look, a glutton and a winebibber, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’
Context of Luke 7:34
32They are like children playing a game in the public square. They complain to their friends, ‘We played wedding songs, and you didn’t dance, so we played funeral songs, and you didn’t weep.’ 33For John the Baptist didn’t spend his time eating bread or drinking wine, and you say, ‘He’s possessed by a demon.’ 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!’ 35But wisdom is shown to be right by the lives of those who follow it.” 36One of the Pharisees asked Jesus to have dinner with him, so Jesus went to his home and sat down to eat.
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ἐλήλυθεν ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἐσθίων καὶ πίνων, καὶ λέγετε· ἰδοὺ ἄνθρωπος φάγος καὶ οἰνοπότης, φίλος τελωνῶν καὶ ἁμαρτωλῶν.Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- The Sonὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- The Sonυἱόςuihos · sonG5207
- of manἄνθρωποςanthrōpos · a humanG444
- is comeἔρχομαιerchomai · to come/goG2064
- eatingἐσθίωesthiō · to eatG2068
- andκαίkai · andG2532
- drinkingπίνωpinō piō poō · to drinkG4095
- ye sayλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
- Beholdὁράωhoraō · to see: seeG3708
- a gluttonousφάγοςphagos · gluttonG5314
- a winebibberοἰνοπότηςoinopotēs · drunkardG3630
- a friendφίλοςphilos · friendly/friendG5384
- of publicansτελώνηςtelōnēs · tax collectorG5057
- sinnersἁμαρτωλόςhamartōlos · sinfulG268
Cross-references for Luke 7:34
- Luke 7:36One of the Pharisees asked Jesus to have dinner with him, so Jesus went to his home and sat down to eat.
- Luke 5:29Later, Levi held a banquet in his home with Jesus as the guest of honor. Many of Levi’s fellow tax collectors and other guests also ate with them.
- Luke 11:37As Jesus was speaking, one of the Pharisees invited him home for a meal. So he went in and took his place at the table.
- Luke 14:1One Sabbath day Jesus went to eat dinner in the home of a leader of the Pharisees, and the people were watching him closely.
- John 2:2and Jesus and his disciples were also invited to the celebration.
- John 12:2A dinner was prepared in Jesus’ honor. Martha served, and Lazarus was among those who ate with him.
- Luke 15:2This made the Pharisees and teachers of religious law complain that he was associating with such sinful people—even eating with them!
- Luke 19:7But the people were displeased. “He has gone to be the guest of a notorious sinner,” they grumbled.
- Matthew 9:11But when the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with such scum?”
Commentaries on Luke 7:34
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 19-35Verses 19-35 See this passage explained in Luke 7:29 The people - The common people. That heard him - That heard “John.” The publicans - The tax-gatherers, the worst kind of people, who had, however, been converted. Justified God - Considered God as “just” or “right” in the counsel which he gave by John - to wit, in calling people to repentance, and in denouncing future wrath on the impenitent. Compare Matthew 11:19. Being baptized - They “showed” that…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 19-35Verses 19-35 To his miracles in the kingdom of nature, Christ adds this in the kingdom of grace, To the poor the gospel is preached. It clearly pointed out the spiritual nature of Christ's kingdom, that the messenger he sent before him to prepare his way, did it by preaching repentance and reformation of heart and life. We have here the just blame of those who were not wrought upon by the ministry of John Baptist or of Jesus Christ himself. They made a…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 31-35To what, then, can I compare the men of this generation?: Jesus compares Israel to fickle children in the marketplace who play games of make-believe. They called John the Baptist to dance (a wedding game), but the serious prophet refused. Instead, he called them to mourn and repent of their sins. Then they called on Jesus to mourn (a funeral game), but he was the bridegroom who announced the joyful celebration banquet of the kingdom of God. It would not…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 31-3531-35. the Lord said, &c.--As cross, capricious children, invited by their playmates to join them in their amusements, will play with them neither at weddings nor funerals (juvenile imitations of the joyous and mournful scenes of life), so that generation rejected both John and his Master: the one because he was too unsocial--more like a demoniac than a rational man; the other, because He was too much the reverse, given to animal indulgences, and…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Luke 7
- 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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