Matthew 11:19 - Tree of Life Version

¹⁹ 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.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁹ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁹ The Son of Man came eating and drinking [with others], and they say, Behold, a glutton and a wine drinker, a friend of tax collectors and [especially wicked] sinners! Yet wisdom is justified and vindicated by what she does (her deeds) and by her children.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁹ The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold, a gluttonous man and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners! And wisdom is justified by her works.

Common English Bible

¹⁹ Yet the Human One came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Look, a glutton and a drunk, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.’ But wisdom is proved to be right by her works.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁹ The Son of man came eating and drinking; and they say, 'Behold, a man who eats voraciously and who drinks wine, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.' But wisdom is justified by her sons."

Matthew 11:19 Cross References

Psalm 109:20

Let this be Adonai’s reward to my accusers, and to those who speak evil against me.

Proverbs 17:24

Wisdom is before the person of understanding, but the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.

Proverbs 23:21

for both drunkards and gluttons will be impoverished— grogginess will clothe them with rags.

Matthew 5:46

For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Even the tax collectors do the same, don’t they?

Luke 14:1

Now when Yeshua went into the home of one of the leaders of the Pharisees to eat a meal on Shabbat, they were watching Him closely.

Luke 19:7

But when everyone saw it, they began to grumble, saying, “Yeshua has gone to be the guest of a sinner!”

Luke 7:29

And when all the people heard, even the tax collectors, they affirmed God’s justice, because they had been immersed with John’s immersion.

John 2:2

and Yeshua and His disciples were also invited to the wedding.

Romans 15:2

Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, for building him up.

Revelation 7:12

saying, “Amen, blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and might belong to our God forever and ever. Amen!”