The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.’ But wisdom is proved right by her deeds.”
All the people saw this and began to mutter, “He has gone to be the guest of a sinner.”
One Sabbath, when Jesus went to eat in the house of a prominent Pharisee, he was being carefully watched.
(All the people, even the tax collectors, when they heard Jesus’ words, acknowledged that God’s way was right, because they had been baptized by John.
A discerning person keeps wisdom in view, but a fool’s eyes wander to the ends of the earth.
Each of us should please our neighbors for their good, to build them up.
and Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding.
saying: “Amen! Praise and glory and wisdom and thanks and honor and power and strength be to our God for ever and ever. Amen!”
for drunkards and gluttons become poor, and drowsiness clothes them in rags.
If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not even the tax collectors doing that?
May this be the Lord’s payment to my accusers, to those who speak evil of me.