Mark 2:16

And when the scribes and Pharisees saw him eating with publicans and sinners, they said to his disciples: Why is it that he eats and drinks with publicans and sinners?

Acts 23:9

We find no evil in this man; but if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him, let us not fight against God.

Matthew 9:11

And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to his disciples: "Why does your teacher eat with publicans and sinners?

Matthew 18:17

But if he refuse to hear them, tell it to the church; and if he also refuse to hear the church, let him be to you as a heathen man and a publican.

Mark 2:7

Why does this man thus speak impiously? Who can forgive sins but God only?

Luke 15:2-7

And the Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying: This man receives sinners, and eats with them.

Luke 18:11

The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself: God, I thank thee that I am not as other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.

Luke 19:7

And when they saw it, they all murmured, saying: He has gone to be guest with a man that is a sinner.

Luke 19:10

For the Son of man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.

1 Corinthians 2:15

But the spiritual man discerns all things; yet he himself is discerned by no one.

Hebrews 12:3

For consider him that endured such opposition of sinners against himself, lest you become weary and despondent in your minds.

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And when the scribes and Pharisees saw him eat with publicans and sinners, they said unto his disciples, How is it that he eateth and drinketh with publicans and sinners?

Publicans

General references

Bible References

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Mark 2:7
Why does this man thus speak impiously? Who can forgive sins but God only?
Luke 15:2
And the Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying: This man receives sinners, and eats with them.
Luke 18:11
The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself: God, I thank thee that I am not as other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.
Luke 19:7
And when they saw it, they all murmured, saying: He has gone to be guest with a man that is a sinner.
1 Corinthians 2:15
But the spiritual man discerns all things; yet he himself is discerned by no one.
Hebrews 12:3
For consider him that endured such opposition of sinners against himself, lest you become weary and despondent in your minds.

Publicans

Matthew 18:17
But if he refuse to hear them, tell it to the church; and if he also refuse to hear the church, let him be to you as a heathen man and a publican.

General references

Mark 7:5
then the Pharisees and the scribes asked him: Why do your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashed hands?