Luke 15:2 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)2 And the Pharisees and experts in the Law of Moses both complained, saying, “This man welcomes worldly people and [even] eats with them.” Ver CapítuloMás versionesKing James Version (Oxford) 17692 And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them. Ver CapítuloAmplified Bible - Classic Edition2 And the Pharisees and the scribes kept muttering and indignantly complaining, saying, This man accepts and receives and welcomes [preeminently wicked] sinners and eats with them. Ver CapítuloAmerican Standard Version (1901)2 And both the Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them. Ver CapítuloCommon English Bible2 The Pharisees and legal experts were grumbling, saying, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.” Ver CapítuloCatholic Public Domain Version2 And the Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, "This one accepts sinners and eats with them." Ver Capítulo |
For, before certain [leaders] came from James [i.e., Jesus’ brother, a leader of the Jerusalem church, See Acts 12:17; 15:13-22], he had eaten [a social meal] with some Gentiles. But when these men came, he abruptly discontinued this practice out of fear of the circumcised ones [i.e., out of concern for what the Jews would think of him].