Luke 7:33 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

³³ For when John the Immerser came, he did not eat bread or drink wine [on festive occasions] and you said, ‘He is dominated by an evil spirit.’

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³³ For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a devil.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³³ For John the Baptist has come neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, He has a demon.

American Standard Version (1901)

³³ For John the Baptist is come eating no bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a demon.

Common English Bible

³³ John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon.’

Catholic Public Domain Version

³³ For John the Baptist came, neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, 'He has a demon.'

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³³ For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and you say: He hath a devil.

Luke 7:33 Cross References

Matthew 10:25

A disciple is doing well if he can be [as good] as his teacher, and the slave [as good] as his master. If they have called the master of the house [i.e., Jesus] Beelzebub [i.e., the chief of evil spirits. See Mark 3:22], how much more [likely] will they call members of his household [i.e., the disciples] the same thing!

Matthew 3:1

(Thirty years later) In those days, John the Immerser went into the desert of Judea preaching [to Jews], saying,

Matthew 3:4

Now John dressed in clothing made of camel’s hair and he wore a leather belt around his waist; he ate grasshoppers and wild honey [i.e., for his regular diet].

Mark 1:6

John wore clothing made of camel’s hair and he had a leather belt around his waist. He ate grasshoppers and wild honey.

Luke 1:15

For he will be great in the sight of the Lord and he will not drink any wine or intoxicating drinks [Note: This restriction suggests that John may have taken the special vow of consecration making him a “Nazarite”]. And he will be filled with the Holy Spirit from the time he is born.

Luke 7:32

They are like children sitting in the open shopping market, calling to one another, saying, ‘We [pretended we] were making music [at a wedding] but you did not dance; we [pretended we] were wailing [at a funeral] but you did not cry [along with us].’

Luke 7:34

[Then] the Son of man came eating and drinking [at festive occasions] and you said, ‘Look, he is a glutton and a drunkard, and a friend of tax collectors and worldly people.’

John 10:20

Many of them said, “This man is dominated by an evil spirit; he is crazy, why listen to him?”

John 8:48

The Jews answered and said to Jesus, “Were we not right in saying that you are a Samaritan [See note on 4:9], and are dominated by an evil spirit?”

John 8:52

The Jews [i.e., the authorities] replied, “Now we know that you are dominated by an evil spirit. Abraham and the prophets [all] died and [yet] you are saying, ‘If a person obeys my message, he will never experience death.’

Acts 2:13

But others made fun of them, saying, “Oh, they are just drunk [i.e., full of new wine].”