Luke 19:7
When they all saw it, they began to complain, saying "He has gone in to lodge with a man who is a sinner."
Montgomery New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
6He made haste to climb down, and receive him joyfully.
Cross References
Matthew 9:11When the Pharisees saw it, they kept saying to his disciples, "Why does your Teacher eat with the tax-gatherers and sinners?"
Matthew 21:28"But give me your judgment. There was once a man who had two sons. He went to the first and said to him, "‘Son, go work today in my vineyard!’
Luke 7:34"The son of man has come eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Behold a gluttonous man and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!’
Luke 15:2And the Pharisees and Scribes began to complain, saying, "He is welcoming sinners and eating 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 →