Luke 15:1
Now all the tax collectors and sinners were gathering around to listen to Jesus.
2 So the Pharisees and scribes began to grumble: “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.”
3 Then Jesus told them this parable:
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Now all the tax collectors and sinners were gathering around to listen to Jesus.
- KJV
- Then drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for to hear him.
- WEB
- Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming close to him to hear him.
- ASV
- Now all the publicans and sinners were drawing near unto him to hear him.
- DARBY
- And all the tax-gatherers and the sinners were coming near to him to hear him;
- BLB
- Now all the tax collectors and the sinners were drawing near to Him to hear Him.
- ÅB
- Og alle tollere og syndere holdt seg nær til ham for å høre ham.
- OTB
- Nå kom alle tollere og syndere for å høre på Jesus.
- B1930
- Og alle toldere og syndere holdt sig nær til ham for å høre ham.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Timothy 1:15
This is a trustworthy saying, worthy of full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the worst.
Read in contextMatthew 9:10–13
Later, as Jesus was dining at Matthew’s house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with Him and His disciples.
Read in contextLuke 5:29–32
Then Levi hosted a great banquet for Jesus at his house. A large crowd of tax collectors was there, along with others who were eating with them.
Read in contextMatthew 21:28–31
But what do you think? There was a man who had two sons. He went to the first one and said, ‘Son, go and work today in the vineyard.’
Read in contextEzekiel 18:27
But if a wicked man turns from the wickedness he has committed and does what is just and right, he will save his life.
Read in contextLuke 7:29
All the people who heard this, even the tax collectors, acknowledged God’s justice. For they had received the baptism of John.
Read in contextRomans 5:20
The law came in so that the trespass would increase; but where sin increased, grace increased all the more,
Read in contextLuke 13:30
And indeed, some who are last will be first, and some who are first will be last.”
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