Luke 6:34

6:34 And if you lend to those from whom you hope to be repaid, ¹  what credit is that to you? Even sinners ²  lend to sinners, so that they may be repaid in full. ³ 

Luke 15:1

The Parable of the Lost Sheep and Coin

15:1 Now all the tax collectors ⁴  and sinners were coming ⁵  to hear him.

Luke 19:7

19:7 And when the people ⁶  saw it, they all complained, ⁷  “He has gone in to be the guest of a man who is a sinner.” ⁸ 

[6:34]  ¹ tn Grk “to receive”; but in context the repayment of the amount lent is implied. Jesus was noting that utilitarian motives are the way of the world.

[6:34]  ² sn See the note on the word sinners in v. 32.

[6:34]  ³ tn Grk “to receive as much again.”

[15:1]  ⁴ sn See the note on tax collectors in 3:12.

[15:1]  ⁵ tn Grk “were drawing near.”

[19:7]  ⁷ tn Grk “they”; the referent is unspecified but is probably the crowd in general, who would have no great love for a man like Zacchaeus who had enriched himself many times over at their expense.

[19:7]  ⁸ tn This term is used only twice in the NT, both times in Luke (here and 15:2) and has negative connotations both times (BDAG 227 s.v. διαγογγύζω). The participle λέγοντες (legonte") is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.

[19:7]  ⁹ sn Being the guest of a man who is a sinner was a common complaint about Jesus: Luke 5:31-32; 7:37-50; 15:1-2.