When the scribes who were Pharisees saw Jesus eating with these people, they asked His disciples, “Why does He eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”
And all who saw this began to grumble, saying, “He has gone to be the guest of a sinful man!”
The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed, ‘God, I thank You that I am not like other men—swindlers, evildoers, adulterer
A great clamor arose, and some scribes from the party of the Pharisees got up and contended sharply, “We find nothing wr
The spiritual man judges all things, but he himself is not subject to anyone’s judgment.
They say, ‘Keep to yourself; do not come near me, for I am holier than you!’ Such people are smoke in My nostrils, a fir
If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. And if he refuses to listen even to the church, regard him as yo
When the Pharisees saw this, they asked His disciples, “Why does your Teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
Consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.
So the Pharisees and scribes began to grumble: “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.”
“Why does this man speak like this? He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?”