Verse 1

And all the tax-gatherers and the sinners were coming nigh to him, to hear him,

Referenced Verses

  • Matt 9:10-13 : 10 And it came to pass, he reclining (at meat) in the house, that lo, many tax-gatherers and sinners having come, were lying (at meat) with Jesus and his disciples, 11 and the Pharisees having seen, said to his disciples, `Wherefore with the tax-gatherers and sinners doth your teacher eat?' 12 And Jesus having heard, said to them, `They who are whole have no need of a physician, but they who are ill; 13 but having gone, learn ye what is, Kindness I will, and not sacrifice, for I did not come to call righteous men, but sinners, to reformation.'
  • Matt 21:28-31 : 28 `And what think ye? A man had two children, and having come to the first, he said, Child, go, to-day be working in my vineyard.' 29 And he answering said, `I will not,' but at last, having repented, he went. 30 `And having come to the second, he said in the same manner, and he answering said, I `go', sir, and went not; 31 which of the two did the will of the father?' They say to him, `The first.' Jesus saith to them, `Verily I say to you, that the tax-gatherers and the harlots do go before you into the reign of God,
  • Luke 5:29-32 : 29 And Levi made a great entertainment to him in his house, and there was a great multitude of tax-gatherers and others who were with them reclining (at meat), 30 and the scribes and the Pharisees among them were murmuring at his disciples, saying, `Wherefore with tax-gatherers and sinners do ye eat and drink?' 31 And Jesus answering said unto them, `They who are well have no need of a physician, but they that are ill: 32 I came not to call righteous men, but sinners, to reformation.'
  • Luke 13:30 : 30 and lo, there are last who shall be first, and there are first who shall be last.'
  • Rom 5:20 : 20 And law came in, that the offence might abound, and where the sin did abound, the grace did overabound,
  • 1 Tim 1:15 : 15 stedfast `is' the word, and of all acceptation worthy, that Christ Jesus came to the world to save sinners -- first of whom I am;
  • Ezek 18:27 : 27 And in the turning back of the wicked From his wickedness that he hath done, And he doth judgment and righteousness, He his soul doth keep alive.
  • Luke 7:29 : 29 And all the people having heard, and the tax-gatherers, declared God righteous, having been baptized with the baptism of John,