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Matthew 11:19

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
- 19 The Son of man did come eating and drinking,+ but people say, ‘Look! A man who is a glutton and is given to drinking wine, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.’+ All the same, wisdom is proved righteous* by its works.”*+

Matthew 11:19

The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
- 19 ἦλθεν came ὁ the υἱὸς Son τοῦ of the ἀνθρώπου man ἐσθίων eating καὶ and πίνων, drinking, καὶ and λέγουσιν they are saying Ἰδοὺ Look! ἄνθρωπος man φάγος gluttonous καὶ and οἰνοπότης, wine drinker, τελωνῶν of tax collectors φίλος friend καὶ and ἁμαρτωλῶν. of sinners. καὶ And ἐδικαιώθη was justified ἡ the σοφία wisdom ἀπὸ from τῶν the ἔργων works αὐτῆς. of it.

Matthew 11:19

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 19 the Son of man did come eating and drinking,+ still people say, ‘Look! A man gluttonous and given to drinking wine, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.’+ All the same, wisdom is proved righteous by its works.”+

Matthew 11:19

The Bible in Living English
- 19 the Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say ‘Here is a gormandizer and a drinker, a friend of customhouse officers and people of bad character’; and wisdom is justified by her works.”

Matthew 11:19

American Standard Version
- 19 The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold, a gluttonous man and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners! And wisdom is justified by her works.

Matthew 11:19

The Emphasized Bible
- 19 The Son of Man came eating and drinking And they say, Lo! a gluttonous man and a wine-drinker! A friend of tax-collectors and sinners! And yet wisdom hath been justified by her works.

Matthew 11:19

King James Version
- 19 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.

Matthew Study Notes—Chapter 11

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
- 11:19
  
  Son of man: See study note on Mt 8:20.
  
  tax collectors: See study note on Mt 5:46.
  
  wisdom is proved righteous by its works: Here wisdom is personified and depicted as having works. In the parallel account at Lu 7:35, wisdom is depicted as having “children.” Wisdom’s children, or works—that is, the evidence produced by John the Baptist and Jesus—prove that the accusations against these two men are false. Jesus is, in effect, saying: ‘Look at the righteous works and conduct, and you will know that the charge is false.’