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Luke 15:2
2and the Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, This [man] receives sinners and eats 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
1And all the tax-gatherers and the sinners were coming near to him to hear him; and the Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, This [man] receives sinners and eats with them. 3And he spoke to them this parable, saying, 4What man of you having a hundred sheep, and having lost one of them, does 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 answering said to his father, Behold, so many years I serve thee, and never have I transgressed a commandment of thine; and to me hast thou never given a kid that I might make merry with my friends:
- Luke 5:30And their scribes and the Pharisees murmured at his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with tax-gatherers and sinners?
- Luke 7:34The Son of man has come eating and drinking, and ye say, Behold an eater and wine-drinker, a friend of tax-gatherers and sinners;
- Luke 19:7And all murmured when they saw [it], saying, He has turned in to lodge with a sinful man.
- Matthew 9:11And the Pharisees seeing [it], said to his disciples, Why does your teacher eat with tax-gatherers and sinners?
- Acts 11:3saying, Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised and hast eaten with them.
- 1 Corinthians 5:9I have written to you in the epistle not to mix with fornicators;
- Galatians 2:12for before that certain came from James, he ate with [those of] the nations; but when they came, he drew back and separated himself, fearing those 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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