American Standard Version
Luke 15:2
2And both the Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them.
Luke 15:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them.
- New International Version (NIV)But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law muttered, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)And the Pharisees and the scribes grumbled, saying, "This man receives sinners and eats with them."
- New King James Version (NKJV)And the Pharisees and scribes complained, saying, “This Man receives sinners and eats with them.”
Context of Luke 15:2
1Now all the publicans and sinners were drawing near unto him to hear him. And both the Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them. 3And he spake unto them this parable, saying, 4What man of you, having a hundred sheep, and having lost one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it?
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καὶ διεγόγγυζον οἵ τε Φαρισαῖοι καὶ οἱ γραμματεῖς λέγοντες ὅτι οὗτος ἁμαρτωλοὺς προσδέχεται καὶ συνεσθίει αὐτοῖς.¶Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Luke 15:2
- Luke 15:29But he answered and said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, and I never transgressed a commandment of thine; and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends:
- Luke 5:30And the Pharisees and their scribes murmured against his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with the publicans and sinners?
- Luke 7:34The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold, a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!
- Luke 19:7And when they saw it, they all murmured, saying, He is gone in to lodge with a man that is a sinner.
- Matthew 9:11And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your Teacher with the publicans and sinners?
- Acts 11:3saying, Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised, and didst eat with them.
- 1 Corinthians 5:9I wrote unto you in my epistle to have no company with fornicators;
- Galatians 2:12For before that certain came from James, he ate with the Gentiles; but when they came, he drew back and separated himself, fearing them that were of the circumcision.
Commentaries on Luke 15:2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2Receiveth sinners - . He receives them cordially, affectionately - takes them to his bosom; for so the word implies. What mercy! Jesus receives sinners in the most loving, affectionate manner, and saves them unto eternal life! Reader, give glory to God for ever!Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2Murmured - They affected to suppose that if Jesus treated sinners kindly he must be fond of their society, and be a man of similar character. “They” considered it disgraceful to be with them or to eat with them, and they, therefore, brought a charge against him for it. They “would” not suppose that he admitted them to his society for the purpose of doing them good; nor did they remember that the very object of his coming was to call the wicked from their…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2In their self-righteous hard-heartedness, the Pharisees and teachers of religious law did not care about lost people. Jesus embodied the heart of God, who longs for his wayward children to return.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. murmured, saying, &c.--took it ill, were scandalized at Him, and insinuated (on the principle that a man is known by the company he keeps) that He must have some secret sympathy with their character. But oh, what a truth of unspeakable preciousness do their lips, as on other occasions, unconsciously utter., Now follow three parables representing the sinner: (1) in his stupidity; (2) as all-unconscious of his lost condition; (3) knowingly and willingly…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Luke 15
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Catena Aurea
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- John Lightfoot Commentary
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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