Luke 15:1 - Plain English Version

¹ There were some people that everyone reckoned did really bad things. Some of them used to get tax money from the people and give it to the Roman government. Everyone reckoned those tax men were bad men. Lots of those bad people often went up to Jesus and listened to him.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ Then drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for to hear him.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ NOW THE tax collectors and [notorious and especially wicked] sinners were all coming near to [Jesus] to listen to Him.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹ Now all the publicans and sinners were drawing near unto him to hear him.

Common English Bible

¹ All the tax collectors and sinners were gathering around Jesus to listen to him.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ Now tax collectors and sinners were drawing near to him, so that they might listen to him.

Luke 15:1 Cross References

Matthew 5:46

You see, if you only love the people that love you, that is nothing. Even bad people do that. God will not give you anything for only loving people that love you.

Romans 5:20

You see, the law came and showed people that they did wrong things. But that didn’t stop them. They still did wrong things. Yes, people kept on doing more bad things, but at the same time God kept on being good to people, more and more.

1 Timothy 1:15

You sometimes hear people say this, “Jesus Christ came into this world to save bad people, to make them into better people.” That is very true, and everybody has to believe it. And it tells the story about me too. I was really bad. I was worse than anybody else.