Luke 19:7
When all the people saw it, they grumbled, saying, “He has gone to be the guest of a sinful man.”
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6So he hurried down and received Jesus with joy.
Cross References
Matthew 9:11When the Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples, “Why is your teacher eating with tax collectors and sinners?”
Matthew 21:28“But what do you think? A man had two sons. He went to his first son and said, ‘Son, go work today in my vineyard.’
Luke 7:34The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Behold, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’
Luke 15:2But the Pharisees and the scribes grumbled, 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 →