Luke 15:2
And the Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying: This man receives sinners, and eats with them.
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
In The King James Version
And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them.
In Context
1AND there were drawing near to him all the publicans and the sinners to hear him.
3And he spoke this parable to them, saying:
Cross References
Matthew 9:11And the Pharisees, seeing it, said to his disciples: Why does your teacher eat with the publicans and the sinners?
Luke 7:34The Son of man has come eating and drinking; and ye say: Behold a glutton, and a wine-drinker, a friend of publicans and sinners.
Luke 15:29And he answering said to his father: Lo, so many years do I serve thee, and never transgressed thy command; and to me thou never gayest a kid, that I might make merry with my friends.
Acts 11:3saying: Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised, and didst eat with them.
Galatians 2:12For before certain ones came from James, he ate with the Gentiles; but when they came, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing 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 →