Luke 15:1

World English Bible (2000)

Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming close to him to hear him.

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  • Matt 9:10-13 : 10 It happened as he sat in the house, behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and sat down with Jesus and his disciples. 11 When the Pharisees saw it, they said to his disciples, "Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?" 12 When Jesus heard it, he said to them, "Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but those who are sick do. 13 But you go and learn what this means: 'I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,' for I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance."
  • Matt 21:28-31 : 28 But what do you think? A man had two sons, and he came to the first, and said, 'Son, go work today in my vineyard.' 29 He answered, 'I will not,' but afterward he changed his mind, and went. 30 He came to the second, and said the same thing. He answered, 'I go, sir,' but he didn't go. 31 Which of the two did the will of his father?" They said to him, "The first." Jesus said to them, "Most certainly I tell you that the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering into the Kingdom of God before you.
  • Luke 5:29-32 : 29 Levi made a great feast for him in his house. There was a great crowd of tax collectors and others who were reclining with them. 30 Their scribes and the Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, "Why do you eat and drink with the tax collectors and sinners?" 31 Jesus answered them, "Those who are healthy have no need for 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 Behold, there are some who are last who will be first, and there are some who are first who will be last."
  • Rom 5:20 : 20 The law came in besides, that the trespass might abound; but where sin abounded, grace abounded more exceedingly;
  • 1 Tim 1:15 : 15 The saying is faithful and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.
  • Ezek 18:27 : 27 Again, when the wicked man turns away from his wickedness that he has committed, and does that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive.
  • Luke 7:29 : 29 When all the people and the tax collectors heard this, they declared God to be just, having been baptized with John's baptism.

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  • Luke 15:2-3
    2 verses
    83%

    2The Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, "This man welcomes sinners, and eats with them."

    3He told them this parable.

  • Mark 2:13-17
    5 verses
    82%

    13He went out again by the seaside. All the multitude came to him, and he taught them.

    14As he passed by, he saw Levi, the son of Alphaeus, sitting at the tax office, and he said to him, "Follow me." And he arose and followed him.

    15It happened, that he was reclining at the table in his house, and many tax collectors and sinners sat down with Jesus and his disciples, for there were many, and they followed him.

    16The scribes and the Pharisees, when they saw that he was eating with the sinners and tax collectors, said to his disciples, "Why is it that he eats and drinks with tax collectors and sinners?"

    17When Jesus heard it, he said to them, "Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but those who are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance."

  • Matt 9:9-13
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    81%

    9As Jesus passed by from there, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax collection office. He said to him, "Follow me." He got up and followed him.

    10It happened as he sat in the house, behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and sat down with Jesus and his disciples.

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

    12When Jesus heard it, he said to them, "Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but those who are sick do.

    13But you go and learn what this means: 'I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,' for I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance."

  • Luke 5:27-32
    6 verses
    77%

    27After these things he went out, and saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the tax office, and said to him, "Follow me!"

    28He left everything, and rose up and followed him.

    29Levi made a great feast for him in his house. There was a great crowd of tax collectors and others who were reclining with them.

    30Their scribes and the Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, "Why do you eat and drink with the tax collectors and sinners?"

    31Jesus answered them, "Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but those who are sick do.

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

  • Luke 3:12
    75%

    12Tax collectors also came to be baptized, and they said to him, "Teacher, what must we do?"

  • Luke 7:34
    74%

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

  • Matt 15:1
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    1Then Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem, saying,

  • Matt 15:10
    72%

    10He summoned the multitude, and said to them, "Hear, and understand.

  • Matt 21:31-32
    2 verses
    72%

    31Which of the two did the will of his father?" They said to him, "The first." Jesus said to them, "Most certainly I tell you that the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering into the Kingdom of God before you.

    32For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you didn't believe him, but the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him. When you saw it, you didn't even repent afterward, that you might believe him.

  • Luke 19:7
    72%

    7When they saw it, they all murmured, saying, "He has gone in to lodge with a man who is a sinner."

  • Mark 7:14
    71%

    14He called all the multitude to himself, and said to them, "Hear me, all of you, and understand.

  • Matt 15:30
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    30Great multitudes came to him, having with them the lame, blind, mute, maimed, and many others, and they put them down at his feet. He healed them,

  • Luke 7:29
    71%

    29When all the people and the tax collectors heard this, they declared God to be just, having been baptized with John's baptism.

  • Luke 18:13
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    13But the tax collector, standing far away, wouldn't even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, 'God, be merciful to me, a sinner!'

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

  • Mark 1:33
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    33All the city was gathered together at the door.

  • Matt 11:19
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    19The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'Behold, a gluttonous man and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!' But wisdom is justified by her children."

  • Luke 5:1
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    1Now it happened, while the multitude pressed on him and heard the word of God, that he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret.

  • Matt 11:15
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    15He who has ears to hear, let him hear.

  • Luke 6:17
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    17He came down with them, and stood on a level place, with a crowd of his disciples, and a great number of the people from all Judea and Jerusalem, and the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, who came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases;

  • Matt 19:2
    69%

    2Great multitudes followed him, and he healed them there.

  • Luke 5:15
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    15But the report concerning him spread much more, and great multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed by him of their infirmities.

  • Luke 15:11
    69%

    11He said, "A certain man had two sons.

  • Mark 1:5
    69%

    5All the country of Judea and all those of Jerusalem went out to him. They were baptized by him in the Jordan river, confessing their sins.

  • Luke 21:38
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    38All the people came early in the morning to him in the temple to hear him.

  • Mark 1:37
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    37and they found him, and told him, "Everyone is looking for you."

  • Luke 9:11
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    11But the multitudes, perceiving it, followed him. He welcomed them, and spoke to them of the Kingdom of God, and he cured those who needed healing.

  • Matt 5:1
    69%

    1Seeing the multitudes, he went up onto the mountain. When he had sat down, his disciples came to him.

  • Mark 9:14-15
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    69%

    14Coming to the disciples, he saw a great multitude around them, and scribes questioning them.

    15Immediately all the multitude, when they saw him, were greatly amazed, and running to him greeted him.

  • Mark 7:1
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    1Then the Pharisees, and some of the scribes gathered together to him, having come from Jerusalem.

  • Luke 19:10
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  • Luke 19:2
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    2There was a man named Zacchaeus. He was a chief tax collector, and he was rich.

  • Luke 14:1
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    1It happened, when he went into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees on a Sabbath to eat bread, that they were watching him.

  • Luke 7:1
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    1After he had finished speaking in the hearing of the people, he entered into Capernaum.