Luke 15:2

KJV1611 – Modern English

And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receives sinners and eats with them.

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  • Matt 9:11 : 11 And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to his disciples, Why does your Master eat with tax collectors and sinners?
  • Luke 19:7 : 7 And when they saw it, they all murmured, saying, He has gone to be a guest with a man who is a sinner.
  • Acts 11:3 : 3 Saying, You went in to uncircumcised men and ate with them.
  • Gal 2:12 : 12 For before certain men came from James, he ate with the Gentiles; but when they came, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing those who were of the circumcision.
  • Luke 5:30 : 30 But their scribes and Pharisees complained against his disciples, saying, 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 gluttonous man, and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!
  • Luke 7:39 : 39 Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw it, he spoke within himself, saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would have known who and what sort of woman this is who touches him: for she is a sinner.
  • Luke 15:29-30 : 29 And he answered and said to his father, Lo, these many years I have served you, nor have I transgressed at any time your commandment: and yet you never gave me a young goat, that I might make merry with my friends: 30 But as soon as this son of yours came, who has devoured your livelihood with harlots, you killed the fatted calf for him.
  • 1 Cor 5:9-9 : 9 I wrote to you in a letter not to associate with sexually immoral people. 10 Yet not entirely with the sexually immoral of this world, or with the greedy, or extortioners, or idolaters, since then you would need to go out of the world. 11 But now I have written to you not to keep company with anyone who is called a brother if he is sexually immoral, or greedy, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or an extortioner—not even to eat with such a person.

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    29And Levi made a great feast for him in his own house; and there was a great company of tax collectors and others who sat down with them.

    30But their scribes and Pharisees complained against his disciples, saying, Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?

    31And Jesus answered them, Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick.

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

    33And they said to him, Why do the disciples of John fast often and make prayers, and likewise the disciples of the Pharisees; but yours eat and drink?

  • Mark 2:14-17
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    14And as he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax office, and said to him, Follow me. And he arose and followed him.

    15And it happened, as Jesus sat at dinner in his house, many tax collectors and sinners also sat together with Jesus and his disciples, for there were many, and they followed him.

    16And when the scribes and Pharisees saw him eating with tax collectors and sinners, they said to his disciples, How is it that he eats and drinks with tax collectors and sinners?

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

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    1Then all the tax collectors and sinners drew near to him to hear him.

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    9And as Jesus passed from there, he saw a man named Matthew, sitting at the tax office: and he said to him, Follow me. And he arose and followed him.

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    3And he spoke this parable to them, saying,

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    7And when they saw it, they all murmured, saying, He has gone to be a guest with a man who is a sinner.

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    34The Son of Man has come eating and drinking; and you say, Look, a gluttonous man, and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!

  • Luke 7:36
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    36And one of the Pharisees invited him to eat with him. And he went into the Pharisee's house, and sat down to eat.

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    18For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He has a demon.

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    37And as he spoke, a certain Pharisee asked him to dine with him: and he went in and sat down to eat.

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  • Luke 16:14-15
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    21And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, Who is this who speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins but God alone?

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    11And he said, A certain man had two sons:

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    27And after these things, he went out and saw a tax collector named Levi, sitting at the tax office, and he said to him, Follow me.

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    24And the Pharisees said to him, Look, why do they do what is not lawful on the Sabbath?

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    30But as soon as this son of yours came, who has devoured your livelihood with harlots, you killed the fatted calf for him.

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    39Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw it, he spoke within himself, saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would have known who and what sort of woman this is who touches him: for she is a sinner.

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    6But certain of the scribes were sitting there and reasoning in their hearts,

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    15And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed pigs.

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    12Then he also said to him who invited him, When you make a dinner or a supper, do not call your friends, nor your brothers, nor your relatives, nor your rich neighbors; lest they also invite you again, and you be repaid.