Luke 7:35

Luke 7:35

33 For ^aJohn the Baptist came ^bneither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon.’

34 The Son of Man has come ^aeating and drinking, and you say, ‘Look, a glutton and a¹ winebibber, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’

35 ^aBut wisdom is justified by all her children.”

A Sinful Woman Forgiven

36 ^aThen one of the Pharisees asked Him to eat with him. And He went to the Pharisee’s house, and sat down to eat.

37 And behold, a woman in the city who was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at the table in the Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster flask of fragrant oil,

Commentaries:

Adam Clarke

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Wisdom is justified, etc. - Probably the children of wisdom is a mere Hebraism here for the products or fruits of wisdom; hence the Vatican MS., one other, and some versions, have , works, instead of , sons, in the parallel place, Matthew 11:19. True wisdom shows itself by its works; folly is never found in the wise man' s way, any more than wisdom is in the path of a fool. Theophylact' s note on this place should not be overlooked. , ' , Wisdom Is Justified, that is, Is Honored, by all her children.

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Matthew 11:19
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