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19 The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say ‘Behold— a man who is a glutton and drunkard[a], a friend of tax-collectors and sinners’. And wisdom was vindicated[b] by her works[c]”.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 11:19 Jesus associates with people who eat and drink too much, so He must be guilty of the same! Yet He was no more guilty of this than that John had a demon.
  2. Matthew 11:19 Or, declared right.
  3. Matthew 11:19 That is, the results it produced.

19 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.’(A) But wisdom is proved right by her deeds.”

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