Luke 15:2

Easy To Read Version

Then the Pharisees {\cf2\super [258]} and the teachers of the law began to complain, “Look! This man (Jesus) welcomes bad people and even eats with them!”

Cross References

Matthew 11:19

The Son of Man {\cf2\super [142]} came eating \{like other people\} and drinking wine, and people say, ‘Look at him! He eats too much and drinks too much wine. He is a friend of tax collectors {\cf2\super [143]} and other bad people.’ But wisdom is shown to be right by the things it does.”

Matthew 9:11

The Pharisees {\cf2\super [104]} saw that Jesus was eating with these people. The Pharisees asked Jesus’ followers, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and other bad people?”

Luke 15:3

Then Jesus told them this story:

Luke 19:7

All the people saw this. They began to complain, “Look at the kind of man Jesus stays with. Zacchaeus is a sinner!”

Luke 5:30

But the Pharisees {\cf2\super [99]} and those men that taught the law for the Pharisees began to complain to the followers of Jesus, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and other bad people?”

Luke 7:34

The Son of Man {\cf2\super [139]} came eating \{like other people\} and drinking wine. And you say, ‘Look at him! He eats too much and drinks too much wine! He is a friend of the tax collectors {\cf2\super [140]} and other bad people!’

Luke 7:39

The Pharisee that asked Jesus to come to his house saw this. He thought to himself, “If this man (Jesus) were a prophet, {\cf2\super [143]} he would know that the woman who is touching him is a sinner!”

Acts 11:3

They said, “You went into the homes of people that are not Jews and are not circumcised {\cf2\super [220]} ! You even ate with them!”

Galatians 2:12

This is what happened: When Peter first came to Antioch, he ate and associated with the non-Jewish people. But then some Jewish men came from James. When these men came, Peter separated himself from the non-Jews. He stopped eating with them. Why? Because he was afraid of the Jews who believe that all non-Jewish people must be circumcised. {\cf2\super [15]}

1 Timothy 1:15

What I say is true, and you should fully accept it: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. And I am the worst of those sinners.