The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, “Look, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners! ” Yet wisdom is vindicated by her deeds.’
Luke 15:2 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised And the Pharisees and scribes were complaining, ‘This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition 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) And both the Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them. Common English Bible The Pharisees and legal experts were grumbling, saying, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.” Catholic Public Domain Version And the Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, "This one accepts sinners and eats with them." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying: This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them. |
The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, “Look, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners! ” Yet wisdom is vindicated by her deeds.’
When the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples, ‘Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners? ’
All who saw it began to complain, ‘He’s gone to stay with a sinful man.’
But the Pharisees and their scribes were complaining to his disciples, ‘Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners? ’
The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, “Look, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners! ”
When the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself, ‘This man, if he were a prophet, would know who and what kind of woman this is who is touching him #– #she’s a sinner! ’
For he usually ate with the Gentiles before certain men came from James. However, when they came, he withdrew and separated himself, because he feared those from the circumcision party.
This saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance: ‘Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners’ #– #and I am the worst of them.