Luke 7:34

World English Bible (2000)

The 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!'

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Referenced Verses

  • Luke 15:2 : 2 The Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, "This man welcomes sinners, and eats with them."
  • Luke 19:7 : 7 When they saw it, they all murmured, saying, "He has gone in to lodge with a man who is a sinner."
  • Luke 14:1 : 1 It 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.
  • John 12:2 : 2 So they made him a supper there. Martha served, but Lazarus was one of those who sat at the table with him.
  • Matt 9:11 : 11 When the Pharisees saw it, they said to his disciples, "Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?"
  • Luke 5:29 : 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.
  • Luke 7:36 : 36 One of the Pharisees invited him to eat with him. He entered into the Pharisee's house, and sat at the table.
  • Luke 11:37 : 37 Now as he spoke, a certain Pharisee asked him to dine with him. He went in, and sat at the table.
  • John 2:2 : 2 Jesus also was invited, with his disciples, to the marriage.

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  • 89%

    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, 'Behold, a gluttonous man and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!' But wisdom is justified by her children."

    20 Then he began to denounce the cities in which most of his mighty works had been done, because they didn't repent.

  • Luke 7:32-33
    2 verses
    83%

    32 They are like children who sit in the marketplace, and call one to another, saying, 'We piped to you, and you didn't dance. We mourned, and you didn't weep.'

    33 For John the Baptizer came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, 'He has a demon.'

  • Mark 2:15-18
    4 verses
    82%

    15 It 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.

    16 The 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?"

    17 When 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."

    18 John's disciples and the Pharisees were fasting, and they came and asked him, "Why do John's disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples don't fast?"

  • Matt 9:9-15
    7 verses
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    9 As 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.

    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."

    14 Then John's disciples came to him, saying, "Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples don't fast?"

    15 Jesus said to them, "Can the friends of the bridegroom mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.

  • Luke 15:1-3
    3 verses
    77%

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

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

    3 He told them this parable.

  • Luke 5:29-34
    6 verses
    77%

    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."

    33 They said to him, "Why do John's disciples often fast and pray, likewise also the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours eat and drink?"

    34 He said to them, "Can you make the friends of the bridegroom fast, while the bridegroom is with them?

  • Luke 7:35-37
    3 verses
    74%

    35 Wisdom is justified by all her children."

    36 One of the Pharisees invited him to eat with him. He entered into the Pharisee's house, and sat at the table.

    37 Behold, a woman in the city who was a sinner, when she knew that he was reclining in the Pharisee's house, she brought an alabaster jar of ointment.

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

  • 10 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save that which was lost."

  • 71%

    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.

    32 For 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.

  • 49 Those who sat at the table with him began to say to themselves, "Who is this who even forgives sins?"

  • 11 For the Son of Man came to save that which was lost.

  • 37 Now as he spoke, a certain Pharisee asked him to dine with him. He went in, and sat at the table.

  • 70%

    20 Don't be among ones drinking too much wine, or those who gorge themselves on meat:

    21 for the drunkard and the glutton shall become poor; and drowsiness clothes them in rags.

  • 6 When you eat, and when you drink, don't you eat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves?

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    15 When one of those who sat at the table with him heard these things, he said to him, "Blessed is he who will feast in the Kingdom of God!"

    16 But he said to him, "A certain man made a great supper, and he invited many people.

  • 53 Jesus therefore said to them, "Most certainly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you don't have life in yourselves.

  • 30 But when this, your son, came, who has devoured your living with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him.'

  • 1 It 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.

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

  • 49 and begins to beat his fellow servants, and eat and drink with the drunkards,

  • Luke 7:39-40
    2 verses
    68%

    39 Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw it, he said to himself, "This man, if he were a prophet, would have perceived who and what kind of woman this is who touches him, that she is a sinner."

    40 Jesus answered him, "Simon, I have something to tell you." He said, "Teacher, say on."

  • 26 Then you will begin to say, 'We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets.'

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

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