And ye say, Behold a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners! But wisdom is justified of all her children.

St. John Chrysostom: Having declared the praises of John, he next exposes the great fault of the Pharisees and lawyers, who re…

Attention now turns to the contrast between the response of the people (cf. comment on 1:17) and of their hostile leaders to John and Jesus. The ta…

The Son of man came. To eat and drink means here nothing more than to live in the customary way, as Christ says that John cam…

The son of man is come eating and drinking
That is, eating bread and drinking wine, as other people do; and shuns no…

To His miracles in the kingdom of nature, Christ adds this one in the kingdom of grace: To the poor the gospel is preached. This clearly p…