Luke 15:2
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And the Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying: This man receiveth sinners and eateth with them.

Matthew 9:11
And the Pharisees seeing it, said to his disciples: Why doth your master eat with publicans and sinners?

Matthew 11:19
The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say: Behold a man that is a glutton and a wine drinker, a friend of publicans and sinners. And wisdom is justified by her children.

Luke 5:30
But the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying to his disciples: Why do you eat and drink with publicans and sinners?

Luke 15:3
And he spoke to them this parable, saying:

1 Timothy 1:15
A faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the chief.

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And the Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying: This man receiveth sinners and eateth with them.

Luke 15:29,30 And he answering, said to his father: Behold, for so many years do I serve thee and I have never transgressed thy commandment: and yet thou hast never given me a kid to make merry with my friends. . . .

Luke 5:30 But the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying to his disciples: Why do you eat and drink with publicans and sinners?

Luke 7:34,39 The Son of man is come eating and drinking. And you say: Behold a man that is a glutton and a drinker of wine, a friend of publicans and sinners. . . .

Luke 19:7 And when all saw it, they murmured, saying, that he was gone to be a guest with a man that was a sinner.

Matthew 9:11 And the Pharisees seeing it, said to his disciples: Why doth your master eat with publicans and sinners?

Acts 11:3 Saying: Why didst thou go in to men uncircumcised and didst eat with them?

1 Corinthians 5:9-11 I wrote to you in an epistle, not to keep company with fornicators. . . .

Galatians 2:12 For before that some came from James, he did eat with the Gentiles: but when they were come, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing them who were of the circumcision.

Context
The Parable of the Lost Sheep
1Now the publicans and sinners drew near unto him to hear him. 2And the Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying: This man receiveth sinners and eateth with them. 3And he spoke to them this parable, saying:…
Lexicon
So
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

the
οἵ (hoi)
Article - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

Pharisees
Φαρισαῖοι (Pharisaioi)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 5330: Of Hebrew origin; a separatist, i.e. Exclusively religious; a Pharisean, i.e. Jewish sectary.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

scribes
γραμματεῖς (grammateis)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 1122: From gramma. A writer, i.e. scribe or secretary.

began to grumble:
διεγόγγυζον (diegongyzon)
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 1234: To murmur greatly, continue murmuring. From dia and gogguzo; to complain throughout a crowd.

“This [man]
Οὗτος (Houtos)
Demonstrative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3778: This; he, she, it.

welcomes
προσδέχεται (prosdechetai)
Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 4327: From pros and dechomai; to admit (figuratively) endurance); by implication, to await.

sinners
ἁμαρτωλοὺς (hamartōlous)
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 268: Sinning, sinful, depraved, detestable. From hamartano; sinful, i.e. A sinner.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

eats with
συνεσθίει (synesthiei)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 4906: To eat with. From sun and esthio; to take food in company with.

them.”
αὐτοῖς (autois)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.


Additional Translations
So the Pharisees and scribes began to grumble: “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.”

And both the Pharisees and the scribes were grumbling saying, "This man receives sinners and eats with them."

And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receives sinners, and eats with them.

And both the Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them.

and the Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, This [man] receives sinners and eats with them.

And both the Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them.

And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them.

and this led the Pharisees and the Scribes indignantly to complain, saying, "He gives a welcome to notorious sinners, and joins them at their meals!"

The Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, "This man welcomes sinners, and eats with them."

and the Pharisees and the scribes were murmuring, saying -- This one doth receive sinners, and doth eat with them.'
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