Luke 5:30
5:30 But
the Pharisees
and their experts in the law
complained
to his disciples, saying, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”
Luke 7:34
7:34 The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Look at him,
a glutton and a drunk, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’
Luke 7:39
7:39 Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw this,
he said to himself, “If this man were a prophet,
he would know who and what kind of woman
this is who is touching him, that she is a sinner.”
Luke 15:2
15:2 But
the Pharisees
and the experts in the law
were complaining,
“This man welcomes
sinners and eats with them.”
Luke 18:9-14
The Parable of the Pharisee and Tax Collector
18:9 Jesus also told this parable to some who were confident that they were righteous and looked down on everyone else.
18:10 “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.
18:11 The Pharisee stood and prayed about himself like this: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people: extortionists, unrighteous people, adulterers – or even like this tax collector.
18:12 I fast twice a week; I give a tenth of everything I get.’
18:13 The tax collector, however, stood far off and would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, ‘God, be merciful to me, sinner that I am!’
18:14 I tell you that this man went down to his home justified rather than the Pharisee. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted.”
Matthew 9:11
9:11 When the Pharisees
saw this they said to his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
Matthew 21:28-31
The Parable of the Two Sons
21:28 “What do you think? A man had two sons. He went to the first and said, ‘Son, go and work in the vineyard today.’
21:29 The boy answered, ‘I will not.’ But later he had a change of heart and went.
21:30 The father went to the other son and said the same thing. This boy answered, ‘I will, sir,’ but did not go.
21:31 Which of the two did his father’s will?” They said, “The first.” Jesus said to them, “I tell you the truth, tax collectors and prostitutes will go ahead of you into the kingdom of God!