Luke 15:2
and the Pharisees and the scribes were murmuring, saying, “This One receives sinners, and eats with them.”
Literal Standard Version
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 tax collectors and sinners were coming near to Him, to hear Him,
3And He spoke to them this allegory, saying,
Cross References
Matthew 9:11and the Pharisees having seen, said to His disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with the tax collectors and sinners?”
Luke 7:34the Son of Man came eating and drinking, and you say, Behold, a man, a glutton, and a wine drinker, a friend of tax collectors and sinners;
Luke 15:29and he answering said to the father, Behold, so many years I serve you, and never did I transgress your command, and you never gave to 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 the coming of some from James, he was eating with the nations, and when they came, he was withdrawing and separating himself, fearing those of 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 →