Matthew 11:18
New International Version
For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon.’

New Living Translation
For John didn’t spend his time eating and drinking, and you say, ‘He’s possessed by a demon.’

English Standard Version
For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon.’

Berean Standard Bible
For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon!’

Berean Literal Bible
For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, 'He has a demon!'

King James Bible
For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a devil.

New King James Version
For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon.’

New American Standard Bible
For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon!’

NASB 1995
“For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon!’

NASB 1977
“For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon!’

Legacy Standard Bible
For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon!’

Amplified Bible
For John came neither eating nor drinking [with others], and they say, ‘He has a demon!’

Christian Standard Bible
For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon! ’

Holman Christian Standard Bible
For John did not come eating or drinking, and they say, He has a demon!’

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

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
For Yohannan came who ate nothing and drank nothing, and they said: 'He has a demon.'

Contemporary English Version
John the Baptist did not go around eating and drinking, and you said, "That man has a demon in him!"

Douay-Rheims Bible
For John came neither eating nor drinking; and they say: He hath a devil.

English Revised Version
For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a devil.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
"John came neither eating nor drinking, and people say, 'There's a demon in him!'

Good News Translation
When John came, he fasted and drank no wine, and everyone said, 'He has a demon in him!'

International Standard Version
Because John didn't come eating or drinking, yet people say, 'He has a demon!'

Literal Standard Version
For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He has a demon;

Majority Standard Bible
For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon!’

New American Bible
For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they said, ‘He is possessed by a demon.’

NET Bible
For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, 'He has a demon!'

New Revised Standard Version
For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon’;

New Heart English Bible
For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, 'He has a demon.'

Webster's Bible Translation
For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a demon.

Weymouth New Testament
"For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, 'He has a demon.'

World English Bible
For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon.’

Young's Literal Translation
'For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a demon;

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Jesus Testifies about John
17‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.’ 18For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon!’ 19The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Look at this glutton and drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ But wisdom is vindicated by her actions.”…

Cross References
Matthew 3:4
John wore a garment of camel's hair, with a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.

Matthew 9:34
But the Pharisees said, "It is by the prince of demons that He drives out demons."

Matthew 11:17
We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.'

Mark 3:22
And the scribes who had come down from Jerusalem were saying, "He is possessed by Beelzebul," and, "By the prince of the demons He drives out demons."

Luke 1:15
for he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He shall never take wine or strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit even from his mother's womb.

John 7:20
"You have a demon," the crowd replied. "Who is trying to kill You?"

John 8:48
The Jews answered Him, "Are we not right to say that You are a Samaritan and You have a demon?"


Treasury of Scripture

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

John.

Matthew 3:4
And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.

Jeremiah 15:17
I sat not in the assembly of the mockers, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of thy hand: for thou hast filled me with indignation.

Jeremiah 16:8,9
Thou shalt not also go into the house of feasting, to sit with them to eat and to drink…

He.

Matthew 10:25
It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household?

2 Kings 9:11
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 his communication.

Jeremiah 29:26
The LORD hath made thee priest in the stead of Jehoiada the priest, that ye should be officers in the house of the LORD, for every man that is mad, and maketh himself a prophet, that thou shouldest put him in prison, and in the stocks.

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Matthew 11
1. John sends his disciples to Jesus.
7. Jesus' testimony concerning John.
16. The perverse judgment of the people concerning the Son.
20. Jesus upbraids Korazin, Bethsaida, and Capernaum;
25. and praising his Father's wisdom in revealing the Gospel to the simple,
28. he calls to him those who are weary and burdened.














(18) He hath a devil.--The phrase was a common one, asserting at once the fact of insanity, and ascribing it to demoniacal possession as its cause. (Comp. John 7:20; John 8:48.) This was the explanation which the scribes gave of John's austerities. The locusts and wild honey were to them the diet of a madman.

Verse 18. - For John came neither eating (Matthew 3:4) nor drinking (Luke 1:15), and they say, He hath a devil; i.e. he is possessed of strange and melancholy fancies (see Bishop Westcott on John 7:20).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
For
γὰρ (gar)
Conjunction
Strong's 1063: For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason.

John
Ἰωάννης (Iōannēs)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2491: Of Hebrew origin; Joannes, the name of four Israelites.

came
Ἦλθεν (Ēlthen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 2064: To come, go.

neither
μήτε (mēte)
Conjunction
Strong's 3383: Nor, neither, not even, neither�nor. From me and te; not too, i.e. neither or nor; also, not even.

eating
ἐσθίων (esthiōn)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2068: Strengthened for a primary edo; used only in certain tenses, the rest being supplied by phago; to eat.

nor
μήτε (mēte)
Conjunction
Strong's 3383: Nor, neither, not even, neither�nor. From me and te; not too, i.e. neither or nor; also, not even.

drinking,
πίνων (pinōn)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 4095: To drink, imbibe. A prolonged form of pio, which poo occurs only as an alternate in certain tenses; to imbibe.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

they say,
λέγουσιν (legousin)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 3004: (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.

‘He has
ἔχει (echei)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 2192: To have, hold, possess. Including an alternate form scheo skheh'-o; a primary verb; to hold.

a demon!’
Δαιμόνιον (Daimonion)
Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's 1140: An evil-spirit, demon; a heathen deity. Neuter of a derivative of daimon; a d?Monic being; by extension a deity.


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