Luke 15:2
And the Scribes and Pharisees murmured, and said: This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them.
In Context
1And publicans and sinners came to him, to hear him.
3And Jesus spoke to them this similitude:
Cross References
Matthew 9:11And when the Pharisees saw it they said to his disciples, Why doth your Rabbi eat with publicans and sinners?
Luke 7:34The Son of man came, eating and drinking; and ye say: Behold, a gluttonous man, and a wine drinker, and one fond of publicans and sinners.
Luke 15:29And he said to his father: Lo, these many years have I labored in thy service, and never transgressed thy command; and thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends.
Acts 11:3saying; that he had gone in to be with uncircumcised persons, and had eaten with them.
Galatians 2:12For before certain ones came from James, he ate with the Gentiles: but when they came, he withdrew himself, and separated; because he was afraid of them of the 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 →