Matthew 11:18

American Standard Version (1901)

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

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  • Luke 1:15 : 15 For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and he shall drink no wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's womb.
  • Matt 3:4 : 4 Now John himself had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his food was locusts and wild honey.
  • John 7:20 : 20 The multitude answered, Thou hast a demon: who seeketh to kill thee?
  • John 8:48 : 48 The Jews answered and said unto him, Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a demon?
  • John 10:20 : 20 And many of them said, He hath a demon, and is mad; why hear ye him?
  • Acts 26:24 : 24 And as he thus made his defense, Festus saith with a loud voice, Paul, thou art mad; thy much learning is turning thee mad.
  • 1 Cor 9:27 : 27 but I buffet my body, and bring it into bondage: lest by any means, after that I have preached to others, I myself should be rejected.
  • 2 Kgs 9:11 : 11 Then Jehu came forth to the servants of his lord: and one said unto him, Is all well? wherefore came this mad fellow to thee? And he said unto them, Ye know the man and what his talk was.
  • Jer 15:17 : 17 I sat not in the assembly of them that make merry, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of thy hand; for thou hast filled me with indignation.
  • Jer 16:8-9 : 8 And thou shalt not go into the house of feasting to sit with them, to eat and to drink. 9 For thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will cause to cease out of this place, before your eyes and in your days, the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride.
  • Jer 29:26 : 26 Jehovah hath made thee priest in the stead of Jehoiada the priest, that there may be officers in the house of Jehovah, for every man that is mad, and maketh himself a prophet, that thou shouldest put him in the stocks and in shackles.
  • Hos 9:7 : 7 The days of visitation are come, the days of recompense are come; Israel shall know it: the prophet is a fool, the man that hath the spirit is mad, for the abundance of thine iniquity, and because the enmity is great.
  • Matt 10:25 : 25 It is enough for the disciple that he be as his teacher, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more them of his household!

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  • Luke 7:32-34
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    32They are like unto children that sit in the marketplace, and call one to another; who say, We piped unto you, and ye did not dance; we wailed, and ye did not weep.

    33For John the Baptist is come eating no bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a demon.

    34The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold, a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!

  • Matt 11:19
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    19The 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.

  • Luke 5:33-34
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    33And they said unto him, The disciples of John fast often, and make supplications; likewise also the [disciples] of the Pharisees; but thine eat and drink.

    34And Jesus said unto them, Can ye make the sons of the bride-chamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them?

  • Matt 11:17
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    17and say, We piped unto you, and ye did not dance; we wailed, and ye did not mourn.

  • Matt 9:14-15
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    14Then come to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not?

    15And Jesus said unto them, Can the sons of the bridechamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then will they fast.

  • Mark 2:16-19
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    16And the scribes of the Pharisees, when they saw that he was eating with the sinners and publicans, said unto his disciples, [How is it] that he eateth and drinketh with publicans and sinners?

    17And when Jesus heard it, he saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of a physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.

    18And John's disciples and the Pharisees were fasting: and they come and say unto him, Why do John's disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but thy disciples fast not?

    19And Jesus said unto them, Can the sons of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? as long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.

  • John 10:20-21
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    20And many of them said, He hath a demon, and is mad; why hear ye him?

    21Others said, These are not the sayings of one possessed with a demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?

  • Mark 3:20-22
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    71%

    20And the multitude cometh together again, so that they could not so much as eat bread.

    21And when his friends heard it, they went out to lay hold on him: for they said, He is beside himself.

    22And the scribes that came down from Jerusalem said, He hath Beelzebub, and, By the prince of the demons casteth he out the demons.

  • Luke 11:14-15
    2 verses
    71%

    14And he was casting out a demon [that was] dumb. And it came to pass, when the demon was gone out, the dumb man spake; and the multitudes marvelled.

    15But some of them said, By Beelzebub the prince of the demons casteth he out demons.

  • Matt 3:3-4
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    3For this is he that was spoken of through Isaiah the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make ye ready the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.

    4Now John himself had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his food was locusts and wild honey.

  • Mark 3:30
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    30because they said, He hath an unclean spirit.

  • Luke 7:18
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    18And the disciples of John told him of all these things.

  • John 8:48
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    48The Jews answered and said unto him, Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a demon?

  • Matt 9:11
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    11And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your Teacher with the publicans and sinners?

  • Mark 1:6
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    6And John was clothed with camel's hair, and [had] a leathern girdle about his loins, and did eat locusts and wild honey.

  • John 3:26
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    26And they came unto John, and said to him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond the Jordan, to whom thou hast borne witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all men come to him.

  • Luke 5:30
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    30And the Pharisees and their scribes murmured against his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with the publicans and sinners?

  • Matt 21:32
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    32For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not; but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and ye, when ye saw it, did not even repent yourselves afterward, that ye might believe him.

  • Matt 9:34
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    34But the Pharisees said, By the prince of the demons casteth he out demons.

  • Matt 3:1
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    1And in those days cometh John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea, saying,

  • Matt 12:24
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    24But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This man doth not cast out demons, but by Beelzebub the prince of the demons.

  • Luke 11:18-20
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    18And if Satan also is divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand? because ye say that I cast out demons by Beelzebub.

    19And if I by Beelzebub cast out demons, by whom do your sons cast them out? therefore shall they be your judges.

    20But if I by the finger of God cast out demons, then is the kingdom of God come upon you.

  • 1 Cor 11:21
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    21for in your eating each one taketh before [other] his own supper; and one is hungry, and another is drunken.

  • John 4:33
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    33The disciples therefore said one to another, Hath any man brought him [aught] to eat?

  • Prov 4:17
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    17For they eat the bread of wickedness, And drink the wine of violence.

  • Luke 15:2
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    2And both the Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them.

  • Mark 9:38
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    38John said unto him, Teacher, we saw one casting out demons in thy name; and we forbade him, because he followed not us.

  • Luke 4:2
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    2during forty days, being tempted of the devil. And he did eat nothing in those days: and when they were completed, he hungered.

  • Mark 5:3
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    3who had his dwelling in the tombs: and no man could any more bind him, no, not with a chain;

  • Luke 7:24
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    24And when the messengers of John were departed, he began to say unto the multitudes concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to behold? a reed shaken with the wind?

  • Matt 11:2
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    2Now when John heard in the prison the works of the Christ, he sent by his disciples

  • Luke 9:49
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    49And John answered and said, Master, we saw one casting out demons in thy name; and we forbade him, because he followeth not with us.

  • Matt 25:42
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    42for I was hungry, and ye did not give me to eat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink;

  • Matt 11:7
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    7And as these went their way, Jesus began to say unto the multitudes concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to behold? a reed shaken with the wind?

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    13Then understood the disciples that he spake unto them of John the Baptist.

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    53Jesus therefore said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, ye have not life in yourselves.