Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He has a demon.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a devil.
Holman Bible
International Standard Version
Because John didn't come eating or drinking, yet people 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 piped to you, and ye did not dance, we mourned to you, and ye did not beat the breast. 18 For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He has a demon. 19 The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold the man, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners! And wisdom is justified from her children.
Cross References
Matthew 3:4
Now John himself had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leather belt about his waist. And his food was locusts and wild honey.
Luke 1:15
For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and he should, no, not drink wine and strong drink. And he will be filled of Holy Spirit, even from his mother's belly.
John 7:20
The multitude answered and said, Thou have a demon. Who seeks to kill thee?
John 8:48
Therefore the Jews answered and said to him, Do we not say well that thou are a Samaritan, and have a demon?
John 10:20
And many of them said, He has a demon, and is mad. Why do ye listen to him?
2 Kings 9:11
Then Jehu came forth to the servants of his lord, and one said to him, Is all well? Why did this mad fellow come to thee? And he said to them, Ye know the man and what his talk was.
Jeremiah 15:17
I did not sit in the assembly of those who make merry, nor did I rejoice. I sat alone because of thy hand, for thou have filled me with indignation.
Jeremiah 16:8-9
And thou shall not go into the house of feasting to sit with them, to eat and to drink.
Jeremiah 29:26
LORD has made thee priest in the stead of Jehoiada the priest, that there may be officers in the house of LORD, for every man who is mad, and makes himself a prophet, that thou should put him in the stocks and in shackles.
Hosea 9:7
The days of visitation have come. The days of recompense have come. Israel shall know it. The prophet is a fool, the spiritual man is mad, for the abundance of thine iniquity, and because the enmity is great.
Matthew 10:25
It is enough for the pupil that he becomes like his teacher, and the bondman like his lord. If they have called the house-ruler Beelzebub, how much more those of his household.
Acts 26:24
And while he made a defense by these things, Festus said in a loud voice, Paul, thou are mad. Much scholarship is driving thee into madness.
1 Corinthians 9:27
But I give my body a black eye and subdue it, lest somehow having preached to others, I myself might become disqualified.