Luke 15:2

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As a result the Pharisees and the religious teachers complained, “This man welcomes sinners, and eats with them.”

Cross References

Matthew 11:19

On the other hand the Son of man came and did feast and drink, and people say, ‘Look, he's greedy and drinks too much; he's a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ But wisdom is shown to be right by what it does…”

Matthew 9:11

When the Pharisees saw this they asked Jesus' disciples, “Why does your Teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”

Luke 15:3

So Jesus told them this story as an illustration.

Luke 19:7

When the people saw this they all complained, “He's gone to stay with such a sinner!”

Luke 5:30

“Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”

Luke 7:34

Now the Son of man is here, and eats and drinks with people, but you say, ‘Look, he spends his time eating too much food and drinking too much wine. Plus he's a friend of tax collectors and sinners.’

Luke 7:39

When the Pharisee who had invited Jesus saw this he said to himself, “If this man was really a prophet he would know who this woman was who's touching him, and what kind of person she was—that she's a sinner!”

Acts 11:3

“You went into the homes of uncircumcised men, and ate with them,” they said.

Galatians 2:12

Before some of James' friends arrived, Peter used to eat with the foreigners. But when these people came he stopped doing this and stayed away from the foreigners. He was afraid of being criticized by those who insisted that men had to be circumcised.

1 Timothy 1:15

You can trust this saying that everyone should accept: “Christ Jesus came to this world to save sinners,” and I'm the worst of them.