Luke 15:2 BSB — MannaFest

Luke 15:2

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

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

7 voices

Gregory the Dialogist

Forty Gospel Homilies, Homily 34 (604)

But on the contrary, those who are accustomed to taking pride in false justice look down on all others, show no mercy in condescending to the weak; and because they do not believe themselves to be sinners, they become sinners all the more grievously. The Pharisees certainly belonged to this number, who, judging the Lord because he received sinners, with their dry hearts criticized the very fountain of mercy.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

Ambrose of Milan

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (397)

Thou hadst learnt by what went before not to be occupied by the business of this world, not to prefer transitory things to eternal. But because the frailty of man can not keep a firm step in so slippery a world, the good Physician has shown thee a remedy even after falling; the merciful Judge has not denied the hope of pardon; hence it is added, Then drew near unto him all the publicans.

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

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.

The Nineteenth Century4 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Receiveth sinners - Προσδεχεται. 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!

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 3410: “Christ and His Hearers” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1914)

SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS always seeks to blame others and to whitewash itself. The group that stood nearest to Christ in preaching was composed of two classes of persons—the publicans, or tax-gatherers and the open sinners. Now the Pharisee, when he came to speak of these two classes, called them by one name, lumping them all under one description and calling them all sinners.

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
διεγόγγυζον	diegonguzon	were grumbling	G1234 →
οἵ	oi	the	G3588 →
τε	te	both	G5037 →
Φαρισαῖοι	Pharisaioi	Pharisees	G5330 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
οἱ	hoi	the	G3588 →
γραμματεῖς	grammateis	scribes	G1122 →
λέγοντες	legontes	saying	G3004 →
ὅτι	hoti	that	G3754 →
οὗτος	houtos	This [man]	G3778 →
ἁμαρτωλοὺς	hamartōlous	sinners	G268 →
προσδέχεται	prosdechetai	receives	G4327 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
συνεσθίει	sunesthiei	he eats with	G4906 →
αὐτοῖς.¶	autois	them.	G846 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Matthew 9:11
When the Pharisees saw this, they asked His disciples, “Why does your Teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
leads to
- Luke 5:30
  But the Pharisees and their scribes complained to Jesus’ disciples, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Matthew 11:19
  The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Look at this glutton and drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ But wisdom is vindicated by her actions.”
- Luke 15:1–2
  Now all the tax collectors and sinners were gathering around to listen to Jesus.
- Mark 2:16
  When the scribes who were Pharisees saw Jesus eating with these people, they asked His disciples, “Why does He eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
Through
Luke 19:7
And all who saw this began to grumble, saying, “He has gone to be the guest of a sinful man!”
leads to
- Luke 7:39
  When the Pharisee who had invited Jesus saw this, he said to himself, “If this man were a prophet, He would know who this is and what kind of woman is touching Him—for she…
- Luke 7:34
  The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Look at this glutton and drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’
- Matthew 9:11
  When the Pharisees saw this, they asked His disciples, “Why does your Teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
- Luke 18:9–14
  To some who trusted in their own righteousness and viewed others with contempt, He also told this parable: