18For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, 'He has a demon.'


In Context

15 He who has ears, let him hear.

16 "To what can I compare this generation? They are like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling out to others:

17 " 'We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge and you did not mourn.'

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, 'Here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and "sinners." ' But wisdom is proved right by her actions."

20 Then Jesus began to denounce the cities in which most of his miracles had been performed, because they did not repent.

Matthew 11:18 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:18For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a devil.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

11:18For John came neither eating nor drinking; and they say: He hath a devil.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

11:18For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a demon.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:18For John has come neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He has a demon.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

11:18For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a devil.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:18For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a demon.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:18For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, 'He has a demon.'

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

11:18'For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a demon;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:18For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He has a devil.