Luke 15:1 - New International Version (Anglicised)

¹ Now the tax collectors and sinners were all gathering round to hear Jesus.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ Then drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for to hear him.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ NOW THE tax collectors and [notorious and especially wicked] sinners were all coming near to [Jesus] to listen to Him.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹ Now all the publicans and sinners were drawing near unto him to hear him.

Common English Bible

¹ All the tax collectors and sinners were gathering around Jesus to listen to him.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ Now tax collectors and sinners were drawing near to him, so that they might listen to him.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹ NOW the publicans and sinners drew near unto him to hear him.

Luke 15:1 Tagairtí Cros

Ezekiel 18:27

But if a wicked person turns away from the wickedness they have committed and does what is just and right, they will save their life.

Matthew 5:46

If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not even the tax collectors doing that?

Luke 13:30

Indeed there are those who are last who will be first, and first who will be last.’

Luke 7:29

(All the people, even the tax collectors, when they heard Jesus’ words, acknowledged that God’s way was right, because they had been baptised by John.

Romans 5:20

The law was brought in so that the trespass might increase. But where sin increased, grace increased all the more,

1 Timothy 1:15

Here is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners – of whom I am the worst.