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

And {G2532} the Pharisees {G5330} and {G2532} scribes {G1122} murmured {G1234}, saying {G3004}, This man {G3754}{G3778} receiveth {G4327} sinners {G268}, and {G2532} eateth {G4906} with them {G846}.

and the P’rushim and Torah-teachers kept grumbling. “This fellow,” they said, “welcomes sinners — he even eats with them!”

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

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

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Cross-References

  • Matthew 9:11 (12 votes)

    And when the Pharisees saw [it], they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners?

  • Luke 7:39 (8 votes)

    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.

  • Luke 19:7 (8 votes)

    And when they saw [it], they all murmured, saying, That he was gone to be guest with a man that is a sinner.

  • Luke 5:30 (6 votes)

    But their scribes and Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with publicans and sinners?

  • Luke 7:34 (5 votes)

    The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!

  • Acts 11:3 (5 votes)

    Saying, Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised, and didst eat with them.

  • Galatians 2:12 (4 votes)

    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.