Luke 19:7
But when they saw it, they all were complaining, saying, “He has gone to be a guest with a sinner.”
English Majority Text (NT)
In The King James Version
In Context
6So he hurried and came down, and received Him, rejoicing.
Cross References
Matthew 9:11And when the Pharisees saw this, they said to His disciples, “Why does your Teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
Matthew 21:28“But what do you think? A man had two children. And having come to the first, he said, ‘Son, go work today in my vineyard.’
Luke 7:34The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Look, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’
Luke 15:2And the Pharisees and scribes were grumbling, saying, “This man receives sinners and eats with them.”
Matthew Henry on Luke 19:2-11
The Conversion of Zaccheus. 1 And Jesus entered and passed through Jericho. 2 And, behold, there was a man named Zacchæus, which was the chief among the publicans, and he was rich. 3 And he sought to see Jesus who he was; and could not for the press, because he was little of stature. 4 And he ran before, and climbed up into a sycomore tree to see him: for he was to pass that way. 5 And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up, and saw him, and said unto him, Zacchæus, make haste, and come down; for to day I must… Read the whole commentary →