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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 doth this Man speak thus? He blasphemeth! Who can forgive sins but One, God?"
Luke 15:2
And both the scribes and the Pharisees were murmuring, saying, "This Man receiveth sinners and eateth with them!"
Luke 18:11
The Pharisee, having taken his stand, was praying these things with himself: 'God, I thank Thee that I am not as the rest of men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax-collector!
Luke 19:7
And, seeing it, they were all murmuring, saying, "He went in to be guest with a sinful man!"
1 Corinthians 2:15
But he that is spiritual judges all things; but he himself is judged by no one.
Hebrews 12:3
For consider Him Who hath endured such contradiction of sinners against Himself, lest ye become weary, fainting in your souls.
Publicans
Matthew 18:17
And, if he disregard them, tell it to the assembly; and, if he disregard the assembly also, let him be to you as the gentile and the tax-collector.
General references
Mark 7:5
And the Pharisees and the scribes ask Him, "Why do not Thy disciples walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat with defiled hands?"