Luke 5:30

And the Sophree and Pharishee murmured, saying to his disciples, Why with tribute-takers and sinners eat you and drink?

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

In The King James Version

But their scribes and Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with publicans and sinners?

In Context

29And Levi made in his house a great feast; and there was a large company of tribute-takers, and of others that reclined with them.

31Jeshu answered and said to them, The whole do not require the physician, but they who are grievously ill.

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Cross References

Matthew 21:28BUT how doth appear to you? a certain man had two sons; and he came to the elder, and said to him, My son, go to-day work in the vinery.

Mark 9:16And he inquired of the Sophree, What dispute you with them?

Luke 5:21And the Sophree and Pharishee began to reason and to say, Who is this who speaketh blasphemy? Who can forgive sins but Aloha only?

Luke 7:34The Son of man came eating and drinking, and you say, Behold a man a devourer and a drinker of wine, and a friend of tribute-takers and of sinners!

Luke 15:1Then drew near to him the publicans and sinners to hear him.

Luke 19:7But when they all saw (this), they murmured, and said that with a man a sinner he hath gone in to abide.

Matthew Henry on Luke 5:28-39

The Call of Matthew; Watchfulness Inculcated. 27 And after these things he went forth, and saw a publican, named Levi, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he said unto him, Follow me. 28 And he left all, rose up, and followed him. 29 And Levi made him a great feast in his own house: and there was a great company of publicans and of others that sat down with them. 30 But their scribes and Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with publicans and sinners? 31 And Jesus answering… Read the whole commentary →

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