Luke 15:1

James Moffatt - New Testament

Now the tax gatherers and sinners were all approaching him to listen to him,

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It is a sure word, it deserves all praise, that "Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners"; and though I am the foremost of sinners,

Law slipped in to aggravate the trespass; sin increased, but grace surpassed it far,

(On hearing this all the people and the taxgatherers acknowledged the justice of God, as they had been baptized with the baptism of John;

Some are last who will be first, and some are first who will be last."

For if you love only those who love you, what reward do you get for that? do not the very taxgatherers do as much?