Matthew 11:19

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Came

A friend

Matthew 9:10

Luke 15:1

Luke 19:7

But

Revelation 7:12

General references

Proverbs 29:9

Luke 7:35

Bible References

Came

Then Levi gave a great banquet in his house for Jesus, and there was a large crowd of tax collectors and others sitting at the table with them.

The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, 'Look at him, a glutton and a drunk, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!'

Now one Sabbath when Jesus went to dine at the house of a leader of the Pharisees, they were watching him closely.

and Jesus and his disciples were also invited to the wedding.

So they prepared a dinner for Jesus there. Martha was serving, and Lazarus was among those present at the table with him.

Let each of us please his neighbor for his good to build him up.

A friend

As Jesus was having a meal in Matthew's house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with Jesus and his disciples.

Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming to hear him.

And when the people saw it, they all complained, "He has gone in to be the guest of a man who is a sinner."

But

How great are your works, O Lord! Your plans are very intricate!

Wisdom is directly in front of the discerning person, but the eyes of a fool run to the ends of the earth.

(Now all the people who heard this, even the tax collectors, acknowledged God's justice, because they had been baptized with John's baptism.

But to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God.

To me -- less than the least of all the saints -- this grace was given, to proclaim to the Gentiles the unfathomable riches of Christ

Then I looked and heard the voice of many angels in a circle around the throne, as well as the living creatures and the elders. Their number was ten thousand times ten thousand -- thousands times thousands --

saying, "Amen! Praise and glory, and wisdom and thanksgiving, and honor and power and strength be to our God for ever and ever. Amen!"

General references

If a wise person goes to court with a foolish person, there is no peace whether he is angry or laughs.

But wisdom is vindicated by all her children."