Charles Spurgeon Commentary Luke 15:1

"Now all the publicans and sinners were drawing near unto him to hear him." — Luke 15:1 (ASV)

Then drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for to hear him.

However sunken they might be, they knew their best Friend; they recognized their Benefactor, so they gathered around him. They knew who it was that smiled upon them, and who would gladly uplift them; so they came clustering around him, like bees fly to the flowers: Then drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for to hear him.