Matthew 11:19

Contemporary English Version 1995

But the Son of Man goes around eating and drinking, and you say, “That man eats and drinks too much! He is even a friend of tax collectors and sinners.” Yet Wisdom is shown to be right by what it does.

Cross References

Luke 19:7

Everyone who saw this started grumbling, “This man Zacchaeus is a sinner! And Jesus is going home to eat with him.”

Luke 14:1

One Sabbath, Jesus was having dinner in the home of an important Pharisee, and everyone was carefully watching Jesus.

Luke 7:29

Everyone had been listening to John. Even the tax collectors had obeyed God and had done what was right by letting John baptize them.

Proverbs 17:24

Anyone with wisdom knows what makes good sense, but fools can never make up their minds.

Romans 15:2

We should think of their good and try to help them by doing what pleases them.

John 2:2

Jesus and his disciples had also been invited and were there.

Revelation 7:12

and said, “Amen! Praise, glory, wisdom, thanks, honor, power, and strength belong to our God forever and ever! Amen!”

Proverbs 23:21

It will make you feel drowsy, and you will end up poor with only rags to wear.

Matthew 5:46

If you love only those people who love you, will God reward you for this? Even tax collectors love their friends.

Psalm 109:20

Those are the cruel things my enemies wish for me. Let it all happen to them!