King James Version
Luke 7:35 in the King James Version says “But wisdom is justified of all her children.” — study this verse from Luke chapter 7 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“But wisdom is justified of all her children.”
Luke 7:35 · KJV
For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a devil.
The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!
But wisdom is justified of all her children.
And one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with him. And he went into the Pharisee's house, and sat down to meat.
And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster box of ointment,
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“But”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“of”
G575"off," i.e., away (from something near), in various senses (of place, time, or relation; literal or figurative)
the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
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