Luke 5:30

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“But the Pharisees and their scribes complained to Jesus’ disciples, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?””

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BSBPD

“But the Pharisees and their scribes complained to Jesus’ disciples, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?””

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“But their scribes and Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with publicans and sinners?”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And the Pharisees and their scribes murmured against his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with the publicans and sinners?”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and the scribes and the Pharisees among them were murmuring at his disciples, saying, `Wherefore with tax-gatherers and sinners do ye eat and drink?'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Luke 5:30 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Isaiah 65:5They say, ‘Keep to yourself; do not come near me, for I am holier than you!’ Such people are smoke in My nostrils, a fire that burns all day long.
  2. Matthew 21:28But what do you think? There was a man who had two sons. He went to the first one and said, ‘Son, go and work today in the vineyard.’
  3. Mark 7:3Now in holding to the tradition of the elders, the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat until they wash their hands ceremonially.
  4. Mark 9:16“What are you disputing with them?” He asked.
  5. Luke 5:17One day Jesus was teaching, and the Pharisees and teachers of the law were sitting there. People had come from Jerusalem and from every village of Galilee and Judea, and the power of the Lord was present for Him to heal the sick.
  6. Luke 5:21But the scribes and Pharisees began thinking to themselves, “Who is this man who speaks blasphemy? Who can forgive sins but God alone?”
  7. Luke 7:29All the people who heard this, even the tax collectors, acknowledged God’s justice. For they had received the baptism of John.
  8. Luke 7:34The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Look at this glutton and drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’
  9. Luke 7:39When the Pharisee who had invited Jesus saw this, he said to himself, “If this man were a prophet, He would know who this is and what kind of woman is touching Him—for she is a sinner!”
  10. Luke 15:1Now all the tax collectors and sinners were gathering around to listen to Jesus.
  11. Luke 18:11The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed, ‘God, I thank You that I am not like the other men—swindlers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector.
  12. Luke 19:7And all who saw this began to grumble, saying, “He has gone to be the guest of a sinful man!”
  13. Acts 23:9A great clamor arose, and some scribes from the party of the Pharisees got up and contended sharply, “We find nothing wrong with this man. What if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him?”

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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