World English Bible
Matthew 11:18
“For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, 'He has a demon.”
Verse in context — Matthew 11
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But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces, who call to their companions
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and say, 'We played the flute for you, and you didn't dance. We mourned for you, and you didn't lament.
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For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, 'He has a demon.
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The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'Behold, a gluttonous man and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!' But wisdom is justified by her children.
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Then he began to denounce the cities in which most of his mighty works had been done, because they didn't repent.
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