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33 For John the Baptist used to go without food and never took a drop of liquor all his life, and you said, ‘He must be crazy!’[a] 34 But I eat my food and drink my wine, and you say, ‘What a glutton Jesus is! And he drinks! And has the lowest sort of friends!’[b] 35 But I am sure you can always justify your inconsistencies.”[c]

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  1. Luke 7:33 He must be crazy, literally, “He has a demon.”
  2. Luke 7:34 has the lowest sort of friends, literally, “is a friend of tax gatherers and sinners.”
  3. Luke 7:35 But I am sure you can always justify your inconsistencies, literally, “But wisdom is justified of all her children.”

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