Matthew 11:18

11:18 For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon!’

Matthew 16:2

16:2 He said, “When evening comes you say, ‘It will be fair weather, because the sky is red,’

Matthew 21:26

21:26 But if we say, ‘From people,’ we fear the crowd, for they all consider John to be a prophet.”

Matthew 22:43

22:43 He said to them, “How then does David by the Spirit call him ‘Lord,’ saying,


sn John the Baptist was too separatist and ascetic for some, and so he was accused of not being directed by God, but by a demon.

tn Grk “But answering, he said to them.” The construction has been simplified in the translation and δέ (de) has not been translated.