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.”
Matthew 5:46 - Tree of Life Version For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Even the tax collectors do the same, don’t they? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For if you love those who love you, what reward can you have? Do not even the tax collectors do that? American Standard Version (1901) For if ye love them that love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same? Common English Bible If you love only those who love you, what reward do you have? Don’t even the tax collectors do the same? Catholic Public Domain Version For if you love those who love you, what reward will you have? Do not even tax collectors behave this way? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For if you love them that love you, what reward shall you have? do not even the publicans this? |
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.”
But if he refuses to listen to them, tell it to Messiah’s community. And if he refuses to listen even to Messiah’s community, let him be to you as a pagan and a tax collector.
And if you greet only your brothers, what more are you doing than anyone else? Even the pagans do that, don’t they?
“Beware of practicing your righteousness before others to be seen by them; otherwise you have no reward from your Father in heaven.
Now it happens that Yeshua was reclining at the table in Levi’s house, and many tax collectors and sinners were reclining with Yeshua and His disciples. For there were many, and they were following Him.
When the Torah scholars of the Pharisees saw Him eating with sinners and tax collectors, they began to say to His disciples, “With tax collectors and sinners He eats?”
Now all the tax collectors and sinners were drawing near to hear Yeshua.
“But the tax collector, standing some distance away, wouldn’t even lift his eyes toward heaven, but beat his chest, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, the sinner!’
And here was a man by the name of Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector, and he was rich.
But when everyone saw it, they began to grumble, saying, “Yeshua has gone to be the guest of a sinner!”
Tax collectors also came to him to be immersed. “Teacher,” they said to him, “what should we do?”
Levi made a great banquet for Yeshua at his house, and there was a large crowd of tax collectors and others who were reclining with them.
The Pharisees and their Torah scholars began murmuring to His disciples, saying, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”
And when all the people heard, even the tax collectors, they affirmed God’s justice, because they had been immersed with John’s immersion.
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!’