Thematic Bible


Thematic Bible



And it was he sitting at table in the house, and behold, many tax collectors and sinful, having come, sat at table with Jesus and his disciples. And the Pharisees, seeing, said to his disciples, Wherefore does your teacher eat with tax collectors and the sinful? And Jesus having heard, said to them, They being strong have no need of a physician, but they having evils. read more.
And having gone, learn what is this, I wish mercy, and not sacrifice: for I came not to call the just, but the sinful to repentance. Then came to him the disciples of John; saying, Wherefore do we and the Pharisees fast much, and thy disciples fast not? And Jesus said to them, The sons of the nuptial chamber cannot mourn inasmuch as the bridegroom is with them; but the days shall come when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast. And no one puts on a cover of uncombed fragment upon an old garment, for its filling takes away from the garment, and the division is Worse. Neither do they cast new wine into old wineskins: but if otherwise, the wine-skins burst, and the wine is poured out, and the wine-skins are destroyed; but they cast new wine into new wine-skins, and they are both preserved.

And it was in his reclining at table in his house, and many publicans and sinful reclined together with Jesus and his disciples: for they were many, and they followed him. And the scribes and Pharisees having seen him eating with publicans and sinful, said to his disciples, Why does he eat and drink with publicans and sinful? And Jesus having heard, says to them, They being strong have no need of a physician, but those being affected: I came not to call the just, but the sinful to repentance. read more.
And the disciples of John, and of the Pharisees were fasting: and they come and say to him, Why do the disciples of John, and of the Pharisees fast, and the disciples to thee fast not? And Jesus said to them, Can the sons of the nuptial-chamber, in which the bridegroom is with them, fast? as much time as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast. And the days shall come when the bridegroom should he taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days. And none sews a piece of uncombed fragment upon an old garment; and lest its new filling-up take away from the old, and the splitting be worse. And none puts new wine in old wine-skins: and lest the new wine rend the wine-skins, and the wine be poured out, and the wine-skins perish; but they put new wine in new wine-skins.

And Levi made a great entertainment for him in his house: and there was a great crowd of publicans and others who were sitting down with them. And the scribes and Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, Wherefore eat and drink ye with publicans and sinful? And Jesus, having answered, said to them, Those being in good health have no need of a physician; but they being ill read more.
I came not to call the just, but the sinful to repentance. And they said to him, Wherefore do the disciples of John fast frequently, and make prayers, and likewise they of the Pharisees; and they to thee eat and drink And he said to them, Ye cannot make the sons of the nuptial-chamber fast, when the bridegroom is with them. But the days will come also, when the bridegroom shall be carried away from them; then shall they fast in those days. And he also spake to them a parable; That none put a piece of new garment, upon an old garment; and if not so, the new also splits, and the piece from the new agrees not with the old. And none put new wine into old wineskins; and if not so, the new wine bursts the wine-skins, and it will be poured out, and the wine-skins will perish. But new wine cast into new wine-skins; and both are kept. And none drinking old, quickly desires new, for he says, The old is better.

Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the tax collector; James, he of Alpheus, and Lebbeus, he surnamed Thaddeus; Verse ConceptsTwin Brotherszealotstaxes

And Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James him of Alpheus, and Thaddeus, and Simon the Canaanite, Verse ConceptsTwin Brotherszealots

And when they came in, they went up into an upper room, where were remaining also Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James of Alpheus, and Simon Zelotes, and Judas of James. Verse ConceptsStairwaysZealAndrewPrayer MeetingsUpper RoomsGuest Roomszealots

And Jesus, passing away from thence, saw a man sitting by the custom-house, being called Matthew, and he says to him, Follow me; and having risen he followed him. And it was he sitting at table in the house, and behold, many tax collectors and sinful, having come, sat at table with Jesus and his disciples.

Matthew and Thomas, James, him of Alpheus, and Simon called Zelotes, Verse ConceptsApostles, DescriptionJudaismTwin Brotherszealots

And passing by, he saw Levi, him of Alpheus, sitting by the customhouse, and he says to him, Follow me. And having risen, he followed him. And it was in his reclining at table in his house, and many publicans and sinful reclined together with Jesus and his disciples: for they were many, and they followed him.

And after these, he went out, and saw a publican, by name Levi, sitting by the custom-house; and he said to him, Follow me. And having left all, having risen, he followed him. And Levi made a great entertainment for him in his house: and there was a great crowd of publicans and others who were sitting down with them.

And it was in his reclining at table in his house, and many publicans and sinful reclined together with Jesus and his disciples: for they were many, and they followed him. Verse ConceptsFollowing Jesus ChristGuestsHospitality, Examples OfTax CollectorsServing JesusReclining To EatReceiving Jesus As A GuestJesus Eating

And all publicans and sinful were drawing near him to hear him. Verse ConceptsSinnersTax CollectorsDrawing Near To ChristHearing Christtaxes