Matthew 11:18

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Summary

Matthew 11:18

For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a devil.

John

1 Corinthians 9:27

He

General references

Proverbs 29:9

Bible References

John

Now John himself had his clothing made from camel's hair and a belt made of leather around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey.

I sat not in the assembly of jokers, [nor did] I exult. Because of the {presence} of your hand I sat alone, for you filled me [with] indignation.

And you shall not enter [the] house of [the] banquet, to sit with them, to eat and drink."

For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and he must never drink wine or beer, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit [while he is] still in his mother's womb.

But I discipline my body and subjugate [it], lest somehow [after] preaching to others, myself should become disqualified.

He

[It is] enough for the disciple that he become like his teacher, and the slave like his master. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more the members of his household?

Then Jehu came out to the officers of his master, and they said to him, "Peace? Why did this madman come to you?" And he said to them, "You know the man and his foolish talk."

"Yahweh made you priest instead of Jehoiada the priest, so that there are overseers [in] the house of Yahweh over any mad man [who] exhibits the behavior of a prophet, and you must put him into the stocks and into the neck iron,

The days of punishment have come; the days of retribution have come; Israel knows! The prophet [is] a fool, the man of the spirit [is] acting like a madman. Because of the greatness of your sin, [your] hostility [is] great.

The crowd replied, "You have a demon! Who is seeking to kill you?"

The Jews answered and said to him, "Do we not correctly say that you are a Samaritan and have a demon?"

And many of them were saying, "He has a demon and is out of his mind! Why do you listen to him?"

And [as] he was saying these things in his defense, Festus said with a loud voice, "You are out of your mind, Paul! [Your] great learning {is driving} you {insane}!"

General references

[If] a wise man goes to court with a foolish man, then there is rankling and ridicule, but there is no relief.