Luke 15:2
And the Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying: This man receives sinners, and eats with them.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them.
In Context
1And all the publicans and the sinners came near to him to hear him.
3And he spoke this parable to them, saying:
Cross References
Matthew 9:11And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to his disciples: Why does your teacher eat with publicans and sinners?
Luke 7:34The Son of man has come, eating and drinking, and you say, Behold, a gluttonous man and a drinker of wine, a friend of publicans and sinners.
Luke 15:29But he answered and said to his father, Behold, for so many years do I serve you, and never have I transgressed your commandment, and yet you never gave me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends.
Acts 11:3saying: You went in to uncircumcised men, and ate with them.
Galatians 2:12For, before certain persons came from James, he ate with the Gentiles: but, when they had come, he withdrew, and separated himself, because he feared those who were of the circumcision.
Matthew Henry on Luke 15:2-11
The Lost Sheep and Piece of Silver. 1 Then drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for to hear him. 2 And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them. 3 And he spake this parable unto them, saying, 4 What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it? 5 And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing. 6 And when he cometh… Read the whole commentary →