Luke 15:2 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

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.

American Standard Version (1901)

And both the Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them.

Common English Bible

The Pharisees and legal experts were grumbling, saying, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

And the Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, "This one accepts sinners and eats with them."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And the Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying: This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them.

Luke 15:2 Cross References

Matthew 11:19

The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified of her children.

Matthew 9:11

And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your master with publicans and sinners?

Luke 15:3

And he spake this parable unto them, saying,

Luke 19:7

And when they saw it, they all murmured, saying, That he was gone to be guest with a man that is a sinner.

Luke 5:30

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

Luke 7:34

The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!

Luke 7:39

Now when the Pharisee which had bidden him saw it, he spake within himself, saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would have known who and what manner of woman this is that toucheth him; for she is a sinner.

Acts 11:3

saying, Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised, and didst eat with them.

Galatians 2:12

For before that certain came from James, he did eat with the Gentiles: but when they were come, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing them which were of the circumcision.

1 Timothy 1:15

This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.