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Luke 15:1 KJV
Luke · chapter 15 · verse 1
Then drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for to hear him.Luke 15:1 · King James Version
Luke 15:1 in context
1Then drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for to hear him.
2And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them.
3And he spake this parable unto them, saying,
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Key words (Strong's)
- publicanstelōnēsa renter or farmer of taxes, among the Romans, usually a man of equestrian rank, a tax…G5057 →
- sinnershamartōlosdevoted to sin, a sinner, not free from sin, pre-eminently sinful, especially wicked, all…G268 →
- nearēnI was, etcG2258 →
- nearengizōto bring near, to join one thing to another, to draw or come near to, to approachG1448 →
- hearakouōto be endowed with the faculty of hearing, not deaf, to hear, to attend to, consider what…G191 →
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Here is, I. The diligent attendance of the publicans and sinners upon Christ's ministry. Great multitudes of Jews went with him (Luk 14:25), with such an assurance of admission into the kingdom of God that he found it requisite to say that to them which would shake their vain hopes.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-10