Luke 5:30

And the Scribes and Pharisees murmured, and said to his disciples: Why do ye eat and drink with publicans and sinners?

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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 a great entertainment for him at his house; and there was a numerous company of publicans and others who reclined with them.

31And Jesus answered and said to them: A physician is not sought after for the well, but for those very sick.

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Cross References

Matthew 21:28But how appeareth it to you? A certain man had two sons; and he came to the first and said to him, My son, go, labor to-day in the vineyard.

Mark 9:16And he asked the Scribes: What were ye disputing with them?

Luke 5:21And the Scribes and Pharisees began to reason, and to say: Who is this that speaketh blasphemy? Who can forgive sins, but God only?

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 15:1And publicans and sinners came to him, to hear him.

Luke 19:7And when they all saw it, they murmured, and said: He hath gone in to be guest with a man that is a sinner.

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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