Luke 15:2
“And the Pharises and Scribes murmured, murmured, saying, This man receiueth sinners, and eateth with them.”
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Luke 15:2 Context
1Then drew neere vnto him all the Publicanes and sinners, for to heare him. 2And the Pharises and Scribes murmured, murmured, saying, This man receiueth sinners, and eateth with them. 3¶ And he spake this parable vnto them, saying, 4What man of you hauing an hundred sheepe, if he loose one of them, doth not leaue the ninety and nine in the wildernesse, and goe after that which is lost, vntill he find it?
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Other Translations for Luke 15:2
And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them.
- King James Version
Both the Pharisees and the scribes {began} to grumble, saying, "This man receives sinners and eats with them."
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And both the Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And the Pharisees and scribes were angry, saying, This man gives approval to sinners, and takes food with them.
- Basic English Bible
and the Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, This [man] receives sinners and eats with them.
- Darby Bible
And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them.
- Webster's Bible
and this led the Pharisees and the Scribes indignantly to complain, saying, "He gives a welcome to notorious sinners, and joins them at their meals!"
- Weymouth Bible
The Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, "This man welcomes sinners, and eats with them."
- World English Bible
And the Farisees and scribis grutchiden, seiynge, For this resseyueth synful men, and etith with hem.
- Wycliffe Bible
and the Pharisees and the scribes were murmuring, saying -- This one doth receive sinners, and doth eat with them.'
- Youngs Literal Bible
People's Bible Notes for Luke 15:2
Lu 15:2 Pharisees. The orthodox leaders. Scribes. Primarily copyists, but also the great theologians. Eateth with them. That he should be on social terms with sinners the Pharisees could not overlook.