Mark 2:15
And it came about that he was seated at meat in his house, and a number of tax-farmers and sinners were at table with Jesus and his disciples: for there were a great number of them, and they came after him.
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- Luke 15:1 : 1 Now all the tax-farmers and sinners came near to give ear to him.
- Matt 9:10-11 : 10 And it came about, when he was in the house taking food, that a number of tax-farmers and sinners came and took their places with Jesus and his disciples. 11 And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to his disciples, Why does your Master take food with tax-farmers and sinners?
- Matt 21:31-32 : 31 Which of the two did his father's pleasure? They say, The first. Jesus said to them, Truly I say to you, that tax-farmers and loose women are going into the kingdom of God before you. 32 For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you had no faith in him, but the tax-farmers and the loose women had faith in him: and you, when you saw it, did not even have regret for your sins, so as to have faith in him.
- Luke 5:29-30 : 29 And Levi made a great feast for him in his house: and a great number of tax-farmers and others were seated at table with them. 30 And the Pharisees and their scribes made protests against his disciples, saying, Why do you take food and drink with tax-farmers and sinners?
- Luke 6:17 : 17 And he came down with them to a level place, and a great band of his disciples, and a very great number of people from all Judaea and Jerusalem and from the parts of Tyre and Sidon by the sea, came to give hearing to him, and to be made well from their diseases;
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- Matt 9:9-124 verses94%
9And when Jesus was going from there, he saw a man whose name was Matthew, seated at the place where taxes were taken; and he said to him, Come after me. And he got up and went after him.
10And it came about, when he was in the house taking food, that a number of tax-farmers and sinners came and took their places with Jesus and his disciples.
11And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to his disciples, Why does your Master take food with tax-farmers and sinners?
12But on hearing this he said, Those who are well have no need of a medical man, but those who are ill.
- Luke 5:27-304 verses89%
27And after these things he went out, and saw Levi, a tax-farmer, seated at the place where taxes were taken, and said to him, Come after me.
28And giving up his business, he got up and went after him.
29And Levi made a great feast for him in his house: and a great number of tax-farmers and others were seated at table with them.
30And the Pharisees and their scribes made protests against his disciples, saying, Why do you take food and drink with tax-farmers and sinners?
- Mark 2:16-172 verses89%
16And the scribes of the Pharisees, when they saw that he was taking food with the tax-farmers and sinners, said to his disciples, Why does he take food and drink with such men?
17And Jesus, hearing it, said to them, Those who are well have no need of a medical man, but those who are ill: I have come not to get the upright but sinners.
- Mark 2:13-142 verses83%
13And he went out again by the seaside; and all the people came to him, and he gave them teaching.
14And when he went by, he saw Levi, the son of Alphaeus, seated at the place where taxes were taken, and he said to him, Come with me. And he got up, and went with him.
- Luke 15:1-33 verses82%
1Now all the tax-farmers and sinners came near to give ear to him.
2And the Pharisees and scribes were angry, saying, This man gives approval to sinners, and takes food with them.
3And he made a story for them, saying,
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34The Son of man came feasting, and you say, Here is a lover of food and wine, a friend of tax-farmers and sinners.
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36And one of the Pharisees made a request that he would take a meal with him. And he went into the Pharisee's house and took his seat at the table.
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37Now, while he was talking, a Pharisee made a request that he would come to a meal with him; and he went in and took his seat at the meal.
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1And it came about that when he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees on the Sabbath, to have a meal, they were watching him.
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19The Son of man has come feasting, and they say, See, a lover of food and wine, a friend of tax-farmers and sinners! And wisdom is judged to be right by her works.
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7And when they saw it, they were all angry, saying, He has gone into the house of a sinner.
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2And a great number went after him; and he made them well there.
- John 6:2-32 verses73%
2And a great number of people went after him because they saw the signs which he did on those who were ill.
3Then Jesus went up the mountain and was seated there with his disciples.
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49And those who were seated at table with him said to themselves, Who is this who even gives forgiveness of sins?
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14And when the time had come, he took his seat, and the Apostles with him.
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12Then tax-farmers came to him for baptism and said to him, Master, what have we to do?
- Luke 14:15-162 verses72%
15And, hearing these words, one of those who were at table with him said to him, Happy is the man who will be a guest in the kingdom of God.
16And he said to them, A certain man gave a great feast, and sent word of it to a number of people.
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2So they made him a meal there, and he was waited on by Martha, and Lazarus was among those who were seated with him at table.
- Matt 15:29-302 verses72%
29And Jesus went from there and came to the sea of Galilee; and he went up into the mountain, and took his seat there.
30And there came to him great numbers of people having with them those who were broken in body, or blind, or without voice, or wounded, or ill in any way, and a number of others; they put them down at his feet and he made them well:
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17And he came down with them to a level place, and a great band of his disciples, and a very great number of people from all Judaea and Jerusalem and from the parts of Tyre and Sidon by the sea, came to give hearing to him, and to be made well from their diseases;
- Luke 5:32-332 verses71%
32I have come, not to get the upright, but sinners, so that they may be turned from their sins.
33And they said to him, The disciples of John frequently go without food, and make prayers, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees; but your disciples take food and drink.
- Matt 13:1-22 verses70%
1On that day Jesus went out of the house and was seated by the seaside.
2And great numbers of people came together to him, so that he got into a boat; and the people took up their position by the sea.
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20Now when evening was come, he was seated at table with the twelve disciples;
- Matt 21:31-322 verses70%
31Which of the two did his father's pleasure? They say, The first. Jesus said to them, Truly I say to you, that tax-farmers and loose women are going into the kingdom of God before you.
32For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you had no faith in him, but the tax-farmers and the loose women had faith in him: and you, when you saw it, did not even have regret for your sins, so as to have faith in him.
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17And it came about that on one of these days he was teaching; and some Pharisees and teachers of the law were seated there, who had come from every town of Galilee and Judaea and from Jerusalem; and the power of the Lord was with him, to make those who were ill free from their diseases.
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1And when he came into Capernaum again after some days, the news went about that he was in the house.
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5And when Jesus came to the place, looking up, he said to him, Zacchaeus, be quick and come down, for I am coming to your house today.
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14And when they came to the disciples, they saw a great mass of people about them, and scribes questioning them.
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18And he said to them, Go into the town to such a man, and say to him, The Master says, My time is near: I will keep the Passover at your house with my disciples.
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29And when they came out of the Synagogue, they went into the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John.
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25Now a great number of people went with him.
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4How he went into the house of God and took for food the holy bread which it was not right for him or for those who were with him to take, but only for the priests?
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18And when he was walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon, whose other name was Peter, and Andrew, his brother, who were putting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen.
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26How he went into the house of God when Abiathar was high priest, and took for food the holy bread, which only the priests may take, and gave it to those who were with him?