Luke 15:2 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

² And both the Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² 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)

² And both the Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them.

Common English Bible

² The Pharisees and legal experts were grumbling, saying, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

² And the Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, "This one accepts sinners and eats with them."

Luke 15:2 Cross References

Matthew 9:11

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

Luke 19:7

And when they saw it, they all murmured, saying, He is gone in to lodge with a man that is a sinner.

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 perceived who and what manner of woman this is which touched him, that she is a sinner.

Luke 5:30

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

Acts 11:3

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

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!

Galatians 2:12

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

Matthew 11:19

The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold, a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners! And wisdom is justified by her works.

Luke 15:3

And he spake unto them this parable, saying,

1 Timothy 1:15

Faithful is the saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief: