Luke 15:1

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Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming near to listen to Him.

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  • Matt 9:10-13 : 10 While Jesus was reclining at the table in the house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with him and his disciples. 11 When the Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples, 'Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?' 12 But when Jesus heard this, he said, 'It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.' 13 'Go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.'
  • Matt 21:28-31 : 28 What do you think? A man had two sons. He went to the first and said, 'Son, go work today in the vineyard.' 29 The son replied, 'I don’t want to.' But later, he changed his mind and went. 30 The man then went to the second son and said the same thing. He answered, 'I will, sir,' but he did not go. 31 Which of the two did the will of his father? They said, 'The first.' Jesus said to them, 'Truly I tell you, tax collectors and prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God before you.'
  • Luke 5:29-32 : 29 Then Levi hosted a great banquet for Jesus at his house. A large crowd of tax collectors and others were reclining there with them. 30 But the Pharisees and their scribes began to grumble to His disciples, "Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?" 31 Jesus answered them, "It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. 32 I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
  • Luke 13:30 : 30 Indeed, some who are last will be first, and some who are first will be last.
  • Rom 5:20 : 20 Now the law was brought in so that the trespass might increase; but where sin increased, grace increased all the more.
  • 1 Tim 1:15 : 15 This saying is trustworthy and deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners—of whom I am the foremost.
  • Ezek 18:27 : 27 But if a wicked person turns away from the wickedness they have committed and does what is just and right, they will save their life.
  • Luke 7:29 : 29 (When all the people, including the tax collectors, heard this, they acknowledged that God's way was right, because they had been baptized by John.)

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    2And the Pharisees and scribes were complaining, saying, 'This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.'

    3So He told them this parable, saying:

  • Mark 2:13-17
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    13And again, Jesus went out beside the sea, and the crowd came to him, and he was teaching them.

    14As he passed by, he saw Levi, the son of Alphaeus, sitting at the tax booth, and he said to him, 'Follow me.' And Levi got up and followed him.

    15And while Jesus was dining in Levi's house, many tax collectors and sinners were reclining at the table with Jesus and his disciples, for there were many who followed him.

    16And when the scribes and Pharisees saw Jesus eating with tax collectors and sinners, they said to his disciples, 'Why does he eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?'

    17When Jesus heard this, he said to them, 'Those who are well have no need of a doctor, but those who are sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.'

  • Matt 9:9-13
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    81%

    9As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax collector’s booth. 'Follow me,' he told him, and Matthew got up and followed him.

    10While Jesus was reclining at the table in the house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with him and his disciples.

    11When the Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples, 'Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?'

    12But when Jesus heard this, he said, 'It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.'

    13'Go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.'

  • Luke 5:27-32
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    27After this, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the tax booth. He said to him, "Follow Me."

    28So Levi got up, left everything, and followed Him.

    29Then Levi hosted a great banquet for Jesus at his house. A large crowd of tax collectors and others were reclining there with them.

    30But the Pharisees and their scribes began to grumble to His disciples, "Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?"

    31Jesus answered them, "It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.

    32I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

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    12Even tax collectors came to be baptized, and they asked him, "Teacher, what should we do?"

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    34'The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, "Look, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!"'

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    1Then some Pharisees and teachers of the law came to Jesus from Jerusalem and said,

  • Matt 15:10
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    10Jesus called the crowd to him and said, “Listen and understand:

  • Matt 21:31-32
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    31Which of the two did the will of his father? They said, 'The first.' Jesus said to them, 'Truly I tell you, tax collectors and prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God before you.'

    32For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him. But the tax collectors and prostitutes did believe him. And even when you saw it, you did not later change your minds and believe him.

  • Luke 19:7
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  • Mark 7:14
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    14Then He called the crowd to Him and said, "Listen to Me, all of you, and understand:

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  • Luke 7:29
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    29(When all the people, including the tax collectors, heard this, they acknowledged that God's way was right, because they had been baptized by John.)

  • Luke 18:13
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    33The whole town was gathered at the door.

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    15He who has ears, let him hear.

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    2Large crowds followed him, and he healed them there.

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    15But the news about Him spread even more, and large crowds came together to hear Him and to be healed of their illnesses.

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    11Then He said, 'There was a man who had two sons.'

  • Mark 1:5
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  • Luke 21:38
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    38And all the people would get up early in the morning to come to him in the temple to hear him.

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  • Mark 9:14-15
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    14When they came to the disciples, they saw a large crowd around them, and the scribes arguing with them.

    15As soon as the crowd saw Jesus, they were amazed and ran to greet him.

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    1The Pharisees and some of the scribes, who had come from Jerusalem, gathered around Him.

  • Luke 19:10
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  • Luke 19:2
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    2And behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus. He was a chief tax collector and was wealthy.

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