for he shall be great before the Lord, and wine and strong drink he may not drink, and of the Holy Spirit he shall be full, even from his mother's womb;

and the scribes and the Pharisees among them were murmuring at his disciples, saying, 'Wherefore with tax-gatherers and sinners do ye eat and drink?'

And they said unto him, 'Wherefore do the disciples of John fast often, and make supplications -- in like manner also those of the Pharisees -- but thine do eat and drink?'

and no one having drunk old wine, doth immediately wish new, for he saith, The old is better.'

and I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast many good things laid up for many years, be resting, eat, drink, be merry.

And ye -- seek not what ye may eat, or what ye may drink, and be not in suspense,

'And if that servant may say in his heart, My lord doth delay to come, and may begin to beat the men-servants and the maid-servants, to eat also, and to drink, and to be drunken;

then ye may begin to say, We did eat before thee, and did drink, and in our broad places thou didst teach;

but will not rather say to him, Prepare what I may sup, and having girded thyself about, minister to me, till I eat and drink, and after these things thou shalt eat and drink?

for I say to you that I may not drink of the produce of the vine till the reign of God may come.'

that ye may eat and may drink at my table, in my kingdom, and may sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.'