Bible Strands
Luke 15:2
So the Pharisees and scribes began to grumble: “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The Pharisees and scribes grumble about Jesus while tax collectors and sinners gather around Him to listen.
The words — διεγόγγυζον (diegonguzon) literally means “were grumbling” or “were muttering in complaint.”
The thread — Matthew 9:11 and Luke 19:7 record religious figures questioning Jesus’ association with sinners, while Luke 7:39 notes a Pharisee doubting Jesus’ prophetic identity after a sinful woman touches Him.
Why it lands — The text records religious leaders objecting to Jesus’ fellowship with sinners, requiring readers to evaluate their standard of purity against Jesus’ stated practice of seeking the lost.
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The Greek words
King James Version
And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them.
Cross-references
- Matthew 9:11 When the Pharisees saw this, they asked His disciples, “Why does your Teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
- Luke 7:39 When 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!”
- Luke 19:7 And all who saw this began to grumble, saying, “He has gone to be the guest of a sinful man!”
- Luke 5:30 But the Pharisees and their scribes complained to Jesus’ disciples, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”
- Acts 11:3 and said, “You visited uncircumcised men and ate with them.”
- Luke 7:34 The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Look at this glutton and drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’
- Galatians 2:12 For before certain men came from James, he used to eat with the Gentiles. But when they arrived, he began to draw back and separate himself, for fear of those in the circumcision group.
- Luke 15:29 But he answered his father, ‘Look, all these years I have served you and never disobeyed a commandment of yours. Yet you never gave me even a young goat so I could celebrate with my friends.
- 1 Corinthians 5:9 I wrote you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people.