Luke 15:2

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

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  • Matt 9:11 : 11 When the Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples, 'Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?'
  • Luke 19:7 : 7 But when they saw this, everyone began to complain, saying, "He has gone to be a guest with a sinful man."
  • Acts 11:3 : 3 saying, 'You went to uncircumcised men and ate with them.'
  • Gal 2:12 : 12 For before certain men came from James, he used to eat with the Gentiles. But when they came, he began to draw back and separate himself, fearing those of the circumcision group.
  • Luke 5:30 : 30 But the Pharisees and their scribes began to grumble to His disciples, "Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?"
  • Luke 7:34 : 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!"'
  • Luke 7:39 : 39 When the Pharisee who had invited Him saw this, he said to himself, 'If this man were a prophet, He would know who and what kind of woman is touching Him—she is a sinner.'
  • Luke 15:29-30 : 29 But he answered his father, 'Look, all these years I have served you and never disobeyed your command, yet you never gave me even a young goat so I could celebrate with my friends. 30 But when this son of yours came, who has squandered your wealth with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him!'
  • 1 Cor 5:9-9 : 9 I wrote to you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people. 10 I did not at all mean the sexually immoral people of this world, or the greedy, or swindlers, or idolaters. In that case, you would have to leave the world. 11 But now I am writing to you not to associate with anyone who claims to be a brother or sister but is sexually immoral, greedy, an idolater, a slanderer, a drunkard, or a swindler. With such a person, do not even eat.

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    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?"

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  • Mark 2:14-17
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    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.

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    3So He told them this parable, saying:

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    7But when they saw this, everyone began to complain, saying, "He has gone to be a guest with a sinful man."

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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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    36One of the Pharisees invited Jesus to eat with him. So Jesus went into the Pharisee's house and reclined at the table.

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    37While Jesus was speaking, a Pharisee invited Him to dine with him; so He went in and reclined at the table.

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

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    30But when this son of yours came, who has squandered your wealth with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him!'

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