KJV King James Version
And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Luke 15:2
And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
So the Pharisees and scribes began to grumble: “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.”
WEB World English Bible
The Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, “This man welcomes sinners, and eats with them.”
ASV American Standard Version
And both the Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and the Pharisees and the scribes were murmuring, saying—This one doth receive sinners, and doth eat with them.’
Surrounding context — Luke 15
1 Then drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for to hear him.
2 And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them.
3 And he spake this parable unto them, saying,
4 What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it?
5 And when he hath found [it], he layeth [it] on his shoulders, rejoicing.
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Original-language word links
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καὶG2532 · kaiandδιεγόγγυζονG1234 · diagonguzōto murmurοἵG3588 · hothe/this/whoτεG5037 · teand/bothΦαρισαῖοιG5330 · PharisaiosPhariseeκαὶG2532 · kaiandοἱG3588 · hothe/this/whoγραμματεῖςG1122 · grammateusscribeλέγοντεςG3004 · legōto sayὅτιG3754 · hotithat/since: thatοὗτοςG3778 · ohutosthis/he/she/itἁμαρτωλοὺςG268 · hamartōlossinfulπροσδέχεταιG4327 · prosdechomaito wait for/welcomeκαὶG2532 · kaiandσυνεσθίειG4906 · sunesthiōto eat withαὐτοῖς.¶G846 · autosit/s/he
Cross-references
Matthew 9:11And when the Pharisees saw [it], they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners?Luke 19:7And when they saw [it], they all murmured, saying, That he was gone to be guest with a man that is a sinner.Luke 7:39Now when the Pharisee which had bidden him saw [it], he spake within himself, saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would have known who and what manner of woman [this is] that toucheth him: for she is a sinner.Luke 5:30But their scribes and Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with publicans and sinners?Acts 11:3Saying, Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised, and didst eat with them.Galatians 2:12For before that certain came from James, he did eat with the Gentiles: but when they were come, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing them which were of the circumcision.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 15:29-30And he answering said to [his] father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends:1 Corinthians 5:9-11I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators:
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