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 so? he blasphemes. Who can forgive sins but God alone?
Luke 15:2
And both the Pharisees and scribes complained, saying, This man receives sinners and eats with them.
Luke 18:11
The Pharisee, standing by himself, offered this prayer; God, I thank thee that I am not as other men, rapacious, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican;
Luke 19:7
And seeing it, they all complained, saying, He has gone in to stop with a sinner.
1 Corinthians 2:15
But the spiritual man discerns all things, and is himself perceived by no one.
Hebrews 12:3
For consider him that has endured such a contradiction from sinners, that you may not become faint and weary in your minds.
Publicans
Matthew 18:17
and if he will not hear them, tell the assembly; and if he will not hear the assembly, let him be to you as a gentile and a publican.
General references
Mark 7:5
And the Pharisees and scribes asked, Why do not your disciples conform to the tradition of the elders; but eat bread with defiled hands?