Luke 15:2 KJV — MannaFest

Luke 15:2

And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them.

KJV

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ASV

And both the Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them.

WEB

So the Pharisees and scribes began to grumble: “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.”

YLT

and the Pharisees and the scribes were murmuring, saying--This one doth receive sinners, and doth eat with them.'

DBT

and the Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, This [man] receives sinners and eats with them.

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Luke — Luke's 'orderly account' (1:3) follows Jesus from Bethlehem through the long travel narrative to Jerusalem and the Emmaus road.

Author: Luke, beloved physician (Col 4:14), travel-companion of Paul
Date: c. AD 60–62

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Matthew 9:11
And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners?
Luke 19:7
And when they saw it, they all murmured, saying, That he was gone to be guest with a man that is a sinner.
Luke 7:39
Now 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.
Galatians 2:12
For 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.
Psalms 51:17
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.

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His justifying himself in it, by the design and proper tendency of it, which with many had been the effect of it, and that was, the bringing of them to repent and reform their lives, than which there could not be a more pleasing and acceptable service done to God, which he shows in the parables, 1. Of the lost sheep that was brought home with joy,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Something like it we had in Matt. xviii. There it was designed to show the care God takes for the preservation of saints, as a reason why we should not offend them; here it is designed to show the pleasure God takes in the conversion of sinners, as a reason why we should rejoice in it. We have here, (1.) The case of a sinner that goes on in sinful ways.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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;

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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LUK 15:2MAT 9:11 LUK 5:30
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LUK 15:2LUK 19:7 LUK 7:39
LUK 15:2LUK 19:7 LUK 7:34
LUK 15:2MAT 9:11 MAT 11:19
LUK 15:2LUK 19:7 MAT 9:11
LUK 15:2MAT 9:11 LUK 15:1-2
LUK 15:2MAT 9:11 MRK 2:16
LUK 15:2LUK 19:7 LUK 18:9-14

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