Luke 15:2
And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them.
Luke 15:2 in other translations
| BSB | So the Pharisees and scribes began to grumble: “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.” |
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| WEB | The Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, “This man welcomes sinners, and eats with them.” |
| ASV | And both the Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them. |
| YLT | and the Pharisees and the scribes were murmuring, saying--This one doth receive sinners, and doth eat with them.' |
| DARBY | and the Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, This man receives sinners and eats with them. |
| BBE | And the Pharisees and scribes were angry, saying, This man gives approval to sinners, and takes food with them. |
| Webster | And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them. |
What does Luke 15:2 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Barnes' Notes
Receiveth sinners. Receives them in a tender manner; treats them with kindness; does not drive them from his presence.
And eateth with them. Contrary to the received maxims of the scribes. By eating with them he showed that he did not despise or overlook them.
(b) "murmured" Acts 11:3
Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Luke 15:1-10
The parable of the lost sheep is very applicable to the great work of man's redemption. The lost sheep represents the sinner as departed from God, and exposed to certain ruin if not brought back to him, yet not desirous to return. Christ is earnest in bringing sinners home. In the parable of the lost piece of silver, that which is lost, is one piece, of small value compared with the rest. Yet the woman seeks…
Luke 15:2 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Luke 15:2
- Matthew 9:11
And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners?
- Luke 7:39
Now when the Pharisee which had bidden him saw it, he spake within himself, saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would have known who and what manner of woman this is that toucheth him: for she is a sinner.
- Luke 19:7
And when they saw it, they all murmured, saying, That he was gone to be guest with a man that is a sinner.
- Luke 5:30
But their scribes and Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with publicans and sinners?
- Acts 11:3
Saying, Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised, and didst eat with them.
- Galatians 2:12
For before that certain came from James, he did eat with the Gentiles: but when they were come, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing them which were of the circumcision.
- Luke 7:34
The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!
- Luke 15:29-30
And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends: But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.
- 1 Corinthians 5:9-11
I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators: Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must ye needs go out of the world. But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.
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Context
- Luke 15:1
Then drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for to hear him.
- Luke 15:2
And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them.
- Luke 15:3
And he spake this parable unto them, saying,
Luke 15:2 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y murmuraban los Fariseos y los escribas, diciendo: Este á los pecadores recibe, y con ellos come. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et les pharisiens et les scribes murmuraient, disant: Celui-ci reçoit des pécheurs, et mange avec eux. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | und die Pharisäer und die Schriftgelehrten murrten und sprachen: Dieser nimmt Sünder auf und isset mit ihnen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et murmurabant pharisæi, et scribæ, dicentes: Quia hic peccatores recipit, et manducat cum illis. |