Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
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
How
Mark 2:7
"Why does this man talk this way? He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?"
Isaiah 65:5
who say, "Keep to yourself!' "Don't touch me!' and "I am too holy for you!' "Such people are smoke in my nostrils, a fire that keeps burning all day long.
Luke 15:2
But the Pharisees and the scribes kept complaining, "This man welcomes sinners and eats with them."
Luke 18:11
The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed, "O God, I thank you that I'm not like other people thieves, dishonest people, adulterers, or even this tax collector.
Luke 19:7
But all the people who saw this began to complain: "Jesus is going to be the guest of a notorious sinner!"
1 Corinthians 2:15
The spiritual person evaluates everything but is subject to no one else's evaluation.
Hebrews 12:3
Think about the one who endured such hostility from sinners, so that you may not become tired and give up.
Publicans
Matthew 18:17
If, however, he ignores them, tell it to the congregation. If he also ignores the congregation, regard him as an unbeliever and a tax collector.
General references
Mark 7:5
So the Pharisees and the scribes asked Jesus, "Why don't your disciples live according to the tradition of the elders? Instead, they eat with unclean hands."