And the Pharisees and the scribes were grumbling and saying, “This fellow welcomes sinners and eats with them.”
John 6:41 - New Revised Standard Version Then the Jews began to complain about him because he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The Jews then murmured at him, because he said, I am the bread which came down from heaven. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Now the Jews murmured and found fault with and grumbled about Jesus because He said, I am [Myself] the Bread that came down from heaven. American Standard Version (1901) The Jews therefore murmured concerning him, because he said, I am the bread which came down out of heaven. Common English Bible The Jewish opposition grumbled about him because he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.” Catholic Public Domain Version Therefore, the Jews murmured about him, because he had said: "I am the living bread, who descended from heaven." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The Jews therefore murmured at him, because he had said: I am the living bread which came down from heaven. |
And the Pharisees and the scribes were grumbling and saying, “This fellow welcomes sinners and eats with them.”
All who saw it began to grumble and said, “He has gone to be the guest of one who is a sinner.”
The Pharisees and their scribes were complaining to his disciples, saying, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”
This is the testimony given by John when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?”
For the bread of God is that which comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”
This is the bread that came down from heaven, not like that which your ancestors ate, and they died. But the one who eats this bread will live forever.”
When many of his disciples heard it, they said, “This teaching is difficult; who can accept it?”
Because of this many of his disciples turned back and no longer went about with him.
And there was considerable complaining about him among the crowds. While some were saying, “He is a good man,” others were saying, “No, he is deceiving the crowd.”
And do not complain as some of them did, and were destroyed by the destroyer.
These are grumblers and malcontents; they indulge their own lusts; they are bombastic in speech, flattering people to their own advantage.