Luke 5:30
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?”
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- Acts 23:9 : 9 There was a great commotion, and some experts in the law from the party of the Pharisees stood up and protested strongly,“We find nothing wrong with this man. What if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him?”
- Isa 65:5 : 5 They say,‘Keep to yourself! Don’t get near me, for I am holier than you!’ These people are like smoke in my nostrils, like a fire that keeps burning all day long.
- Matt 21:28-32 : 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! 32 For 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.
- Mark 7:3 : 3 (For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they perform a ritual washing, holding fast to the tradition of the elders.
- Luke 5:17 : 17 Healing and Forgiving a Paralytic Now on one of those days, while he was teaching, there were Pharisees and teachers of the law sitting nearby(who had come from every village of Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem), and the power of the Lord was with him to heal.
- Luke 5:21 : 21 Then the experts in the law and the Pharisees began to think to themselves,“Who is this man who is uttering blasphemies? Who can forgive sins but God alone?”
- Luke 7:29-30 : 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. 30 However, the Pharisees and the experts in religious law rejected God’s purpose for themselves, because they had not been baptized by John.)
- Luke 7:34 : 34 The 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!’
- Luke 7:39 : 39 Now 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 this is who is touching him, that she is a sinner.”
- Luke 15:1-2 : 1 The Parable of the Lost Sheep and Coin Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming to hear him. 2 But the Pharisees and the experts in the law were complaining,“This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.”
- Luke 18:11 : 11 The Pharisee stood and prayed about himself like this:‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people: extortionists, unrighteous people, adulterers– or even like this tax collector.
- Luke 19:7 : 7 And when the people saw it, they all complained,“He has gone in to be the guest of a man who is a sinner.”
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- Luke 15:1-33 verses88%
1 The Parable of the Lost Sheep and Coin Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming to hear him.
2 But the Pharisees and the experts in the law were complaining,“This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.”
3 So Jesus told them this parable:
- Mark 2:15-184 verses88%
15 As 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.
16 When 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?”
17 When 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.”
18 The Superiority of the New Now John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting. So they came to Jesus and said,“Why do the disciples of John and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples don’t fast?”
- Matt 9:10-123 verses86%
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.
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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.
- Luke 5:31-344 verses79%
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.”
33 The Superiority of the New Then they said to him,“John’s disciples frequently fast and pray, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours continue to eat and drink.”
34 So Jesus said to them,“You cannot make the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them, can you?
- Luke 7:33-342 verses77%
33 For John the Baptist has come eating no bread and drinking no wine, and you say,‘He has a demon!’
34 The 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!’
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7 And when the people saw it, they all complained,“He has gone in to be the guest of a man who is a sinner.”
- Matt 11:18-192 verses73%
18 For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say,‘He has a demon!’
19 The 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.”
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2 But when the Pharisees saw this they said to him,“Look, your disciples are doing what is against the law to do on the Sabbath.”
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5 The Pharisees and the experts in the law asked him,“Why do your disciples not live according to the tradition of the elders, but eat with unwashed hands?”
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12 Then the disciples came to him and said,“Do you know that when the Pharisees heard this saying they were offended?”
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36 Jesus’ Anointing Now one of the Pharisees asked Jesus to have dinner with him, so he went into the Pharisee’s house and took his place at the table.
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27 The 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.
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14 The Superiority of the New Then John’s disciples came to Jesus and asked,“Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples don’t fast?”
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37 Rebuking the Pharisees and Experts in the Law As he spoke, a Pharisee invited Jesus to have a meal with him, so he went in and took his place at the table.
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49 But those who were at the table with him began to say among themselves,“Who is this, who even forgives sins?”
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24 So the Pharisees said to him,“Look, why are they doing what is against the law on the Sabbath?”
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14 More Warnings about the Pharisees The Pharisees(who loved money) heard all this and ridiculed him.
- Mark 7:1-22 verses70%
1 Breaking Human Traditions Now the Pharisees and some of the experts in the law who came from Jerusalem gathered around him.
2 And they saw that some of Jesus’ disciples ate their bread with unclean hands, that is, unwashed.
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21 Then the experts in the law and the Pharisees began to think to themselves,“Who is this man who is uttering blasphemies? Who can forgive sins but God alone?”
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1 Healing Again on the Sabbath Now one Sabbath when Jesus went to dine at the house of a leader of the Pharisees, they were watching him closely.
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3 Then some of the experts in the law said to themselves,“This man is blaspheming!”
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2 But some of the Pharisees said,“Why are you doing what is against the law on the Sabbath?”
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12 Tax collectors also came to be baptized, and they said to him,“Teacher, what should we do?”
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43 Jesus replied,“Do not complain about me to one another.
- Matt 15:1-22 verses69%
1 Breaking Human Traditions Then Pharisees and experts in the law came from Jerusalem to Jesus and said,
2 “Why do your disciples disobey the tradition of the elders? For they don’t wash their hands when they eat.”
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39 But the Lord said to him,“Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and the plate, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness.
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6 Now some of the experts in the law were sitting there, turning these things over in their minds:
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39 But some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to him,“Teacher, rebuke your disciples.”
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14 The 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.
- Matt 21:31-322 verses69%
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!
32 For 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.
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53 When he went out from there, the experts in the law and the Pharisees began to oppose him bitterly, and to ask him hostile questions about many things,
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7 The experts in the law and the Pharisees watched Jesus closely to see if he would heal on the Sabbath, so that they could find a reason to accuse him.
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32 The Pharisees heard the crowd murmuring these things about Jesus, so the chief priests and the Pharisees sent officers to arrest him.
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10 “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.