Parallel Verses
King James Version
For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a devil.
New American Standard Bible
Holman Bible
International Standard Version
Because John didn't come eating or drinking, yet people say, "He has a demon!'
A Conservative Version
For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He has a demon.
American Standard Version
For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a demon.
Amplified
An Understandable Version
For when John came, he did not eat or drink [on festive occasions] and people said, 'He is dominated by an evil spirit.'
Anderson New Testament
For John came, neither eating nor drinking, and they say: He has a demon.
Bible in Basic English
For John came, taking no food or drink, and they say, He has an evil spirit.
Common New Testament
For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, 'He has a demon.'
Daniel Mace New Testament
so John came with fasting and abstinence, and they say, he is mad.
Darby Translation
For John has come neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He has a demon.
Godbey New Testament
For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He has a demon.
Goodspeed New Testament
For when John came, he neither ate nor drank, and people said, 'He has a demon!'
John Wesley New Testament
For John came neither eating nor drinking; and they say, He hath a devil.
Julia Smith Translation
For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He has an evil spirit.
King James 2000
For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He has a demon.
Lexham Expanded Bible
For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, 'He has a demon!'
Modern King James verseion
For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He has a demon.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For John came, neither eating nor drinking, and they say, he hath the devil.
Moffatt New Testament
For John has come neither eating nor drinking, and men say, 'He has a devil';
Montgomery New Testament
"For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they said, 'He has a demon';
NET Bible
For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, 'He has a demon!'
New Heart English Bible
For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, 'He has a demon.'
Noyes New Testament
For John came neither eating nor drinking; and they say, He hath a demon.
Sawyer New Testament
For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He has a demon;
The Emphasized Bible
For, John, came, neither eating nor drinking, and they say - A demon, he hath!
Thomas Haweis New Testament
For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a devil:
Twentieth Century New Testament
For, when John came, neither eating nor drinking, men said 'He has a demon in him';
Webster
For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a demon.
Weymouth New Testament
"For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, 'He has a demon.'
Williams New Testament
For John came neither eating nor drinking with others, and yet they said, 'He has a demon.'
World English Bible
For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, 'He has a demon.'
Worrell New Testament
For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, 'He has a demon.'
Worsley New Testament
for John came neither eating nor drinking as others do, and they say, He is beside himself:
Youngs Literal Translation
'For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a demon;
Themes
Abstinence » Total abstinence » Strong Drink » Daniel's temperance principles
Total abstinence » Instances of » John the baptist
Asceticism » Instances of the practice of » John the baptist
Bigotry » Instances of » Of being a gluttonous man and a winebibber (a wino)
Epicureans » Reject john the baptist
Jesus Christ » History of » Receives the message from john the baptist (in galilee)
John » Affected probably by the doctrines of the stoics
Nazarite » Instances of » John the baptist
Social duties » Total abstinence from strong drink » Daniel's temperance principles
Stoicism » Scripture analogies to » Came "neither eating nor drinking,"
Temperance » Total abstinence » Daniel's temperance principles
Topics
Interlinear
Word Count of 37 Translations in Matthew 11:18
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Question From John The Baptist
17 And saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented. 18 For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a devil. 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.
Cross References
Matthew 3:4
And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.
Luke 1:15
For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother's womb.
John 7:20
The people answered and said, Thou hast a devil: who goeth about to kill thee?
John 8:48
Then answered the Jews, and said unto him, Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil?
John 10:20
And many of them said, He hath a devil, and is mad; why hear ye him?
2 Kings 9:11
Then Jehu came forth to the servants of his lord: and one said unto him, Is all well? wherefore came this mad fellow to thee? And he said unto them, Ye know the man, and his communication.
Jeremiah 15:17
I sat not in the assembly of the mockers, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of thy hand: for thou hast filled me with indignation.
Jeremiah 16:8-9
Thou shalt not also go into the house of feasting, to sit with them to eat and to drink.
Jeremiah 29:26
The LORD hath made thee priest in the stead of Jehoiada the priest, that ye should be officers in the house of the LORD, for every man that is mad, and maketh himself a prophet, that thou shouldest put him in prison, and in the stocks.
Hosea 9:7
The days of visitation are come, the days of recompence are come; Israel shall know it: the prophet is a fool, the spiritual man is mad, for the multitude of thine iniquity, and the great hatred.
Matthew 10:25
It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household?
Acts 26:24
And as he thus spake for himself, Festus said with a loud voice, Paul, thou art beside thyself; much learning doth make thee mad.
1 Corinthians 9:27
But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.