But all the tax-collectors and the sinners were, unto him, drawing near, to be hearkening unto him;
Faithful, the saying! and, of all acceptance, worthy,—that, Christ Jesus, came into the world, sinners, to save: of whom, the chief, am, I;—
But when a lawless man turneth away from his lawlessness which he hath done, And hath done justice and righteousness He, shall save his own soul, alive:
Law, however, gained admission, in order that the fault might abound, but, where the sin abounded, the favour greatly superabounded:
And, all the people, when they heard, and the tax-collectors, justified God, having been immersed with the immersion of John;
And lo! there are, last, who shall be, first, and there are, first, who shall be, last;
For, if ye love them that love you, what reward have ye? are not, even the tax-collectors, the same thing, doing?