The Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, “This man welcomes sinners, and eats with them.”
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Luke 15:2 in context
Luke 15:1–5
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Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming close to him to hear him.
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The Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, “This man welcomes sinners, and eats with them.”
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He told them this parable:
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“Which of you men, if you had one hundred sheep and lost one of them, wouldn’t leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness and go after the one that was lost, until he found it?
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When he has found it, he carries it on his shoulders, rejoicing.
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