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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
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Bible References
How
Mark 2:7
Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies? who can forgive sins but God?
Luke 15:2
And the pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man entertaineth wicked persons, and eateth with them.
Luke 18:11
The pharisee standing by himself prayed thus, O God, I thank thee that I am not as other men are, rapacious, unjust, adulterous, or even as this publican.
Luke 19:7
And when they saw it, they all murmured, saying, He is gone to be guest with a wicked man.
1 Corinthians 2:15
Whereas the spiritual man discerneth all things, yet is himself discerned by no one.
Hebrews 12:3
Wherefore consider Him who endured such contradiction of sinners against Himself, that ye may not give out, fainting in your minds:
Publicans
Matthew 18:17
And if he disregard them, tell it to the church: but if he disregard the church too, let him be unto thee as an heathen and a publican.
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Mark 7:5
Then the pharisees and the scribes ask Him, Why do not thy disciples walk according to the tradition of the ancients, but eat without washing their hands?