Luke 15:1

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The Parable of the Lost Sheep and Coin Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming to hear him.

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  • Matt 9:10-13 : 10 As Jesus was having a meal in Matthew’s house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with Jesus 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 When Jesus heard this he said,“Those who are healthy don’t need a physician, but those who are sick do. 13 Go and learn what this saying means:‘I want mercy and not sacrifice.’ For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
  • Matt 21:28-31 : 28 The Parable of the Two Sons“What do you think? A man had two sons. He went to the first and said,‘Son, go and work in the vineyard today.’ 29 The boy answered,‘I will not.’ But later he had a change of heart and went. 30 The father went to the other son and said the same thing. This boy answered,‘I will, sir,’ but did not go. 31 Which of the two did his father’s will?” They said,“The first.” Jesus said to them,“I tell you the truth, tax collectors and prostitutes will go ahead of you into the kingdom of God!
  • Luke 5:29-32 : 29 Then Levi gave a great banquet in his house for Jesus, and there was a large crowd of tax collectors and others sitting at the table with them. 30 But the Pharisees and their experts in the law complained to his disciples, saying,“Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?” 31 Jesus answered them,“Those who are well don’t need a physician, but those who are sick do. 32 I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”
  • Luke 13:30 : 30 But indeed, some are last who will be first, and some are first who will be last.”
  • Rom 5:20 : 20 Now the law came in so that the transgression may increase, but where sin increased, grace multiplied 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”– and I am the worst of them!
  • Ezek 18:27 : 27 When a wicked person turns from the wickedness he has committed and does what is just and right, he will preserve his life.
  • Luke 7:29 : 29 (Now all the people who heard this, even the tax collectors, acknowledged God’s justice, because they had been baptized with John’s baptism.

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  • Luke 15:2-3
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    2But the Pharisees and the experts in the law were complaining,“This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.”

    3So Jesus told them this parable:

  • Mark 2:13-17
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    13The Call of Levi; Eating with Sinners Jesus went out again by the sea. The whole crowd came to him, and he taught them.

    14As he went along, he saw Levi, the son of Alphaeus, sitting at the tax booth.“Follow me,” he said to him. And he got up and followed him.

    15As Jesus was having a meal in Levi’s home, many tax collectors and sinners were eating with Jesus and his disciples, for there were many who followed him.

    16When the experts in the law and the Pharisees saw that he was eating with sinners and tax collectors, they said to his disciples,“Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?”

    17When Jesus heard this he said to them,“Those who are healthy don’t need a physician, but those who are sick do. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

  • Matt 9:9-13
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    9The Call of Matthew; Eating with Sinners As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax booth.“Follow me,” he said to him. So he got up and followed him.

    10As Jesus was having a meal in Matthew’s house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with Jesus and his disciples.

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

    12When Jesus heard this he said,“Those who are healthy don’t need a physician, but those who are sick do.

    13Go and learn what this saying means:‘I want mercy and not sacrifice.’ For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

  • Luke 5:27-32
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    27The Call of Levi; Eating with Sinners After this, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the tax booth.“Follow me,” he said to him.

    28And he got up and followed him, leaving everything behind.

    29Then Levi gave a great banquet in his house for Jesus, and there was a large crowd of tax collectors and others sitting at the table with them.

    30But the Pharisees and their experts in the law complained to his disciples, saying,“Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”

    31Jesus answered them,“Those who are well don’t need a physician, but those who are sick do.

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

  • Luke 3:12
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    12Tax collectors also came to be baptized, and they said to him,“Teacher, what should we do?”

  • Luke 7:34
    74%

    34The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say,‘Look at him, a glutton and a drunk, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’

  • Matt 15:1
    73%

    1Breaking Human Traditions Then Pharisees and experts in the law came from Jerusalem to Jesus and said,

  • Matt 15:10
    72%

    10True Defilement Then he called the crowd to him and said,“Listen and understand.

  • Matt 21:31-32
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    31Which of the two did his father’s will?” They said,“The first.” Jesus said to them,“I tell you the truth, tax collectors and prostitutes will go ahead of you into the kingdom of God!

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

  • Luke 19:7
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    7And when the people saw it, they all complained,“He has gone in to be the guest of a man who is a sinner.”

  • Mark 7:14
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    14Then he called the crowd again and said to them,“Listen to me, everyone, and understand.

  • Matt 15:30
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    30Then large crowds came to him bringing with them the lame, blind, crippled, mute, and many others. They laid them at his feet, and he healed them.

  • Luke 7:29
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    29(Now all the people who heard this, even the tax collectors, acknowledged God’s justice, because they had been baptized with John’s baptism.

  • Luke 18:13
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    13The tax collector, however, stood far off and would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said,‘God, be merciful to me, sinner that I am!’

  • Luke 18:10
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    10“Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.

  • Mark 1:33
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    33The whole town gathered by the door.

  • Matt 11:19
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    19The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say,‘Look at him, a glutton and a drunk, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ But wisdom is vindicated by her deeds.”

  • Luke 5:1
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    1The Call of the Disciples Now Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret, and the crowd was pressing around him to hear the word of God.

  • Matt 11:15
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    15The one who has ears had better listen!

  • Luke 6:17
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    17The Sermon on the Plain Then he came down with them and stood on a level place. And a large number of his disciples had gathered along with a vast multitude from all over Judea, from Jerusalem, and from the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon. They came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases,

  • Matt 19:2
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    2Large crowds followed him, and he healed them there.

  • Luke 5:15
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    15But the news about him spread even more, and large crowds were gathering together to hear him and to be healed of their illnesses.

  • Luke 15:11
    69%

    11The Parable of the Compassionate Father Then Jesus said,“A man had two sons.

  • Mark 1:5
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    5People from the whole Judean countryside and all of Jerusalem were going out to him, and he was baptizing them in the Jordan River as they confessed their sins.

  • Luke 21:38
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    38And all the people came to him early in the morning to listen to him in the temple courts.

  • Mark 1:37
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    37When they found him, they said,“Everyone is looking for you.”

  • Luke 9:11
    69%

    11But when the crowds found out, they followed him. He welcomed them, spoke to them about the kingdom of God, and cured those who needed healing.

  • Matt 5:1
    69%

    1The Beatitudes When he saw the crowds, he went up the mountain. After he sat down his disciples came to him.

  • Mark 9:14-15
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    14The Disciples’ Failure to Heal When they came to the disciples, they saw a large crowd around them and experts in the law arguing with them.

    15When the whole crowd saw him, they were amazed and ran at once and greeted him.

  • Mark 7:1
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    1Breaking Human Traditions Now the Pharisees and some of the experts in the law who came from Jerusalem gathered around him.

  • Luke 19:10
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    10For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”

  • Luke 19:2
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    2Now a man named Zacchaeus was there; he was a chief tax collector and was rich.

  • Luke 14:1
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  • Luke 7:1
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    1Healing the Centurion’s Slave After Jesus had finished teaching all this to the people, he entered Capernaum.