Luke 15:2 - The Scriptures 1998

² And the Pharisees and scribes grumbled, saying, “This One receives sinners and eats 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 11:19

“The Son of Aḏ

Matthew 9:11

And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to His taught ones, “Why does your Teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”

Luke 15:3

And He spoke this parable to them, saying,

Luke 19:7

And seeing it, they all grumbled, saying, “He has gone in to stay with a man who is a sinner.”

Luke 5:30

And the Pharisees and their scribes grumbled against His taught ones, saying, “Why do You eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”

Luke 7:34

“The Son of Aḏ

Luke 7:39

And when the Pharisee who had invited Him saw this, he spoke to himself, saying, “This One, if He were a prophet, would know who and what kind of woman this is who is touching Him, for she is a sinner.”

Acts 11:3

saying, “You went in to uncircumcised men and ate with them!”

Galatians 2:12

For before some came from Yaʽ

1 Timothy 1:15

Trustworthy is the word and worthy of all acceptance, that Messiah יהושע  came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am foremost.