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 thus speak blasphemies? who can forgive sins but God only?
Isaiah 65:5
Who say, Stand by yourself, come not near to me; for I am holier than you. These are a smoke in my nostrils, a fire that burns all the day.
Luke 15:2
And the Pharisees and 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 you, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax collector.
Luke 19:7
And when they saw it, they all murmured, saying, That he was gone to be guest with a man that is a sinner.
1 Corinthians 2:15
But he that is spiritual judges all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.
Hebrews 12:3
For consider him that endured such hostility of sinners against himself, lest you be wearied and faint in your minds.
Publicans
Matthew 18:17
And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto you as a heathen man and a tax collector.
General references
Mark 7:5
Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why walk not your disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashed hands?