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 speak like this? He is blaspheming! Who is able to forgive sins except God alone?"
Isaiah 65:5
{who say}, "{Keep to yourself}! You must not come near me, for I am [too] holy for you!" These [are] a smoke in my {nostrils}, a fire burning all day.
Luke 15:2
And both the Pharisees and the scribes were complaining, saying, "This man welcomes sinners and eats with them!"
Luke 18:11
The Pharisee stood [and] prayed these [things] with reference to himself: 'God, I give thanks to you that I am not like other people--swindlers, unrighteous [people], adulterers, or even like this tax collector!
Luke 19:7
And [when they] saw [it], they all began to complain, saying, "He has gone in to find lodging with a man who is a sinner!"
1 Corinthians 2:15
Now the spiritual [person] discerns all [things], but he himself is judged by no one.
Hebrews 12:3
For consider the one who endured such hostility by sinners against himself, so that you will not grow weary in your souls [and] give up.
Publicans
Matthew 18:17
And if he refuses to listen to them, tell [it] to the church. But if he refuses to listen to the church also, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector.
General references
Mark 7:5
And the Pharisees and the scribes asked him, "Why do your disciples not live according to the tradition of the elders, but eat their bread with unclean hands?"