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Their scribes and the Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, "Why do you eat and drink with the tax collectors and sinners?"
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Commentators explain the Pharisees' complaint wasn't petty but stemmed from a core belief in religious purity. Holiness, in their view, required strict separation from 'sinners.' Sharing a meal was a profound violation of this principle. Scholars note the word 'murmured' implies a constant, buzzing discontent, and that they aimed their criticism at the disciples as an indirect attack on Jesus.
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The Pharisees and their scribes (ο Φαρισαιο κα ο γραμματεις αυτων). Note article with each substantive and the order, not "scribes…
19th Century
Anglican
Murmured.—Better, were murmuring. In reporting what was said by others, St. Luke naturally gives the word “sinners” as it…
Baptist
And Levi made him a great feast in his own house: and there was a great company of publicans and of others that sat down with them. But their s…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
But their Scribes and Pharisees Not the Scribes of the publicans and sinners that sat down, but the Scribes of the p…
Presbyterian
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