Luke 7:39

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Summary

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.

He spake

This man

Luke 7:16

John 7:12

John 9:24

Would

General references

Luke 5:30

Luke 15:2

Bible References

He spake

Now, produce fruits that answer to your repentance, instead of beginning to say to yourselves, 'We have a father in Abraham.' I tell you, God can raise up children for Abraham from these stones!

So he debated, 'What am I to do? I have no room to store my crops.'

The factor said to himself, 'What am I to do, now that my master is taking the factorship away from me? I am too weak to dig, I am ashamed to beg.

For a while he would not, but afterwards he said to himself, 'Though I have no reverence for God and no respect even for man,

Now there were some scribes sitting there who argued in their hearts,

From within, from the heart of man, the designs of evil come: sexual vice, stealing, murder,

This man

All were seized with awe and glorified God. "A great prophet has appeared among us," they said, "God has visited his people."

And the crowd disputed about him hotly; some said, "He is a good man," but others said, "No, he is misleading the people."

So the man born blind was summoned a second time, and told, "Now give God the praise; this man, we know quite well, is only a sinner."

Would

Now there was a woman in the town who was a sinner, and when she found out that Jesus was at table in the house of the Pharisee, she brought an alabaster flask of perfume

but the Pharisees and the scribes complained, "He welcomes sinners and eats along with them!"

He also told the following parable to certain persons who were sure of their own goodness and looked down upon everybody else.

When Jesus heard it he said, "Those who are strong have no need of a doctor, but those who are ill.

So shall the last be first and the first last."

Tell me what you think. A man had two sons. He went to the first and said, 'Son, go and work in the vineyard to-day';

General references

But the Pharisees and their scribes complained to his disciples, "Why do you eat and drink with taxgatherers and sinners?"

but the Pharisees and the scribes complained, "He welcomes sinners and eats along with them!"