Luke 15:1 Cross References - Murdock

¹ And publicans and sinners came to him, to hear him.

¹⁰ And as they were reclining in a house, many publicans an sinners came and reclined with Jesus and his disciples. ¹¹ And when the Pharisees saw it they said to his disciples, Why doth your Rabbi eat with publicans and sinners? ¹² And as Jesus heard it, he said to them: They who are in health have no need of a physician, but they that are very sick. ¹³ Go and learn what that is: I require compassion, and not a sacrifice! For I did not come to call the righteous, but the sinful.

²⁸ But how appeareth it to you? A certain man had two sons; and he came to the first and said to him, My son, go, labor to-day in the vineyard. ²⁹ And he answered and said, I am not willing. But afterwards he repented and went. ³⁰ And he came to the other, and said the same to him. And he answered and said: I go, my lord, but did not go. ³¹ Which of these two performed the pleasure of his father? They say to him, The first. Jesus said to them: Verily I say to you That publicans and harlots go before you into the kingdom of God.

²⁹ And Levi made a great entertainment for him at his house; and there was a numerous company of publicans and others who reclined with them. ³⁰ And the Scribes and Pharisees murmured, and said to his disciples: Why do ye eat and drink with publicans and sinners? ³¹ And Jesus answered and said to them: A physician is not sought after for the well, but for those very sick. ³² I came not to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.

²⁹ And all the people that heard him, justified God, as they had been baptized with John's baptism.

³⁰ And lo, there are last that will be first, and there are first that will be last.

²⁰ And the entrance given to the law, was that sin might increase: and where sin increased, there grace abounded.

¹⁵ Faithful is the declaration, and worthy to be received, that Jesus the Messiah came into the world to give life to sinners, of whom I was the primary.