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
"How doth this fellow so blaspheme? Who can forgive sins, but God only?"
Isaiah 65:5
If thou comest nigh them, they say, "Touch me not, for I am holier than thou." All these men when I am angry, shall be turned to smoke and fire, that shall burn forever.
Luke 15:2
And the Pharisees, and scribes murmured, saying, "He received to his company sinners, and eateth with them."
Luke 18:11
The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, 'God, I thank thee that I am not as other men are; extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or as this publican.
Luke 19:7
And when they saw that, they all grudged saying, "He is gone in to tarry with a man that is a sinner."
1 Corinthians 2:15
But he that is spiritual discusseth all things: yet he himself is judged of no man.
Hebrews 12:3
Consider therefore how that he endured such speaking against him of sinners, lest ye should be wearied and faint in your minds.
Publicans
Matthew 18:17
If he hear not them, tell it unto the congregation: if he hear not the congregation, take him as a heathen man, and as a publican.
General references
Mark 7:5
Then asked him the Pharisees and scribes, "Why walk not thy disciples according to the traditions of the elders, but eat bread with unwashen hands?"