Luke 7:35

New Century Version

But wisdom is proved to be right by what it does."

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
But wisdom is shown to be right by those who accept it."

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Yet is wysdome iustified of all her chyldren.

Hebrew Names Version
Wisdom is justified by all her children."

International Standard Version
Absolved from every act of sin,Matthew 11:19;">[xr] is wisdom by her kith and kin."by all her children; other mss. read by her children">[fn]

New American Standard Bible
"And yet wisdom is vindicated by all her children."

Update Bible Version
And wisdom is justified of all her children.

Webster's Bible Translation
But wisdom is justified by all her children.

Amplified Bible
"Yet wisdom is vindicated and shown to be right by all her children [by the lifestyle, moral character, and good deeds of her followers]."

English Standard Version
Yet wisdom is justified by all her children."

World English Bible
Wisdom is justified by all her children."

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
But wisdom is justified by all her children.

Weymouth's New Testament
But wisdom is justified by all who are truly wise."

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And wisdom is iustified of her sones.

English Revised Version
And wisdom is justified of all her children.

Berean Standard Bible
But wisdom is vindicated by all her children."

Contemporary English Version
Yet Wisdom is shown to be right by what its followers do.

American Standard Version
And wisdom is justified of all her children.

Bible in Basic English
But wisdom is judged to be right by all her children.

Complete Jewish Bible
Well, the proof of wisdom is in all the kinds of people it produces."

Darby Translation
and wisdom has been justified of all her children.

Etheridge Translation
But justified is wisdom of her sons.

Murdock Translation
But wisdom is justified by all her children.

King James Version (1611)
But wisedome is iustified of all her children.

New Living Translation
But wisdom is shown to be right by the lives of those who follow it."

New Life Bible
Wisdom is shown to be right by those who are wise."

New Revised Standard
Nevertheless, wisdom is vindicated by all her children."

Geneva Bible (1587)
But wisdome is iustified of all her children.

George Lamsa Translation
And yet wisdom is justified by all its works.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And yet wisdom hath been justified by all her children.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And wisdom is justified by all her children.

Revised Standard Version
Yet wisdom is justified by all her children."

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And wisdome is iustified of all her chyldren.

Good News Translation
God's wisdom, however, is shown to be true by all who accept it."

Christian Standard Bible®
Yet wisdom is vindicated by all her children.”

King James Version
But wisdom is justified of all her children.

Lexham English Bible
And wisdom is vindicated by all her children."

Literal Translation
But wisdom was justified from all of her children.

Young's Literal Translation
and the wisdom was justified from all her children.'

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And wyssdome is iustified of all hir children.

Mace New Testament (1729)
"but wisdom is justified by all her different followers."

New English Translation
But wisdom is vindicated by all her children."

New King James Version
But wisdom is justified by all her children."

Simplified Cowboy Version
Wisdom is found in the truth, not in someone's opinion.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Yet wisdom is vindicated by all her children."

Legacy Standard Bible
Yet wisdom is vindicated by all her children."

Contextual Overview

¹⁹ and sent them to the Lord to ask, "Are you the One who is to come, or should we wait for someone else?" ²⁰ When the men came to Jesus, they said, "John the Baptist sent us to you with this question: ‘Are you the One who is to come, or should we wait for someone else?'" ²¹ At that time, Jesus healed many people of their sicknesses, diseases, and evil spirits, and he gave sight to many blind people. ²² Then Jesus answered John's followers, "Go tell John what you saw and heard here. The blind can see, the crippled can walk, and people with skin diseases are healed. The deaf can hear, the dead are raised to life, and the Good News is preached to the poor. ²³ Those who do not stumble in their faith because of me are blessed!" ²⁴ When John's followers left, Jesus began talking to the people about John: "What did you go out into the desert to see? A reed blown by the wind? ²⁵ What did you go out to see? A man dressed in fine clothes? No, people who have fine clothes and much wealth live in kings' palaces. ²⁶ But what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, and I tell you, John is more than a prophet. ²⁷ This was written about him: ‘I will send my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare the way for you.' Malachi 3:1 ²⁸ I tell you, John is greater than any other person ever born, but even the least important person in the kingdom of God is greater than John."

Bible Verse Review
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Luke 7:29, Proverbs 8:32-36, Proverbs 17:16, Hosea 14:9, Matthew 11:19, 1 Corinthians 2:14, 1 Corinthians 2:15

Reciprocal: Luke 5:33 - but 1 Corinthians 1:24 - called

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But wisdom is justified of all her children. That is, Christ, who is the wisdom of God, and who acted the wise part, in behaving in such a free manner with all sorts of men, and even with publicans and sinners, whereby he became useful to their souls, called them to repentance, converted and saved them: and these are his children, which were given him by the Father; for whose sake he partook of flesh and blood, and whom he redeemed, that they might receive the adoption of children; and to whom, believing in him, he gives power to become the children of God: and these justify him from all such scandalous imputations, and by their lives and conversations show, that the doctrine of Christ is not a licentious one, or leads to libertinism, and indulges men in their carnal sensual lusts and pleasures; but, on the contrary, teaches them to deny ungodliness and worldly lusts, and to live soberly, righteously, and godly: the word "all", is inserted by Luke, which is not in Matthew; signifying, that this is the universal sense and practice of all the real offspring of Christ, the sons of wisdom, who are wise to do good.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See this passage explained in Matthew 11:2-19.

Luke 7:29

The people - The common people.

That heard him - That heard “John.”

The publicans - The tax-gatherers, the worst kind of people, who had, however, been converted.

Justified God - Considered God as “just” or “right” in the counsel which he gave by John - to wit, in calling people to repentance, and in denouncing future wrath on the impenitent. Compare Matthew 11:19.

Being baptized ... - They “showed” that they approved of the message of God by submitting to the ordinance which he commanded - the ordinance of baptism. This verse and the following are not to be considered as the words of “Luke,” but the continuation of the discourse of our Lord. He is saying what took place in regard to John. Among the common people he was approved and obeyed among the rich and learned he was despised.

Luke 7:30

But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected ... - It appears from Matthew 3:7 that some of the Pharisees came to John to be baptized; but still this is entirely consistent with the supposition that the great mass of Pharisees and lawyers rejected him.

The counsel of God - The counsel of God toward them was the solemn admonition by John to “repent” and be baptized, and be prepared to receive the Messiah. This was the command or revealed will of God in relation to them. When it is said that they “rejected” the counsel of God, it does not mean that they could frustrate his purposes, but merely that they violated his commands. Men cannot frustrate the “real” purposes of God, but they can contemn his messages, they can violate his commands, and thus they can reject the counsel which he gives them, and treat with contempt the desire which he manifests for their welfare.

Against themselves - To their own hurt or detriment. God is wise and good. He knows what is best for us. He, therefore, that rejects what God commands, rejects it to his own injury. It “cannot” be well for any mortal to despise what God commands him to do.

Luke 7:31-35

See this passage explained in the notes at Matthew 11:16-19. “And the Lord said.” This clause is wanting in almost all the manuscripts, and is omitted by the best critics.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 35. Wisdom is justified, c.] 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 εργων, works, instead of τεκνων, 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. Εδικαιωθη, τουτ' εστιν ετιμηθη, Wisdom IS JUSTIFIED, that is, IS HONOURED, by all her children.