Luke 19:7

Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will not be hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.

For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

He said to them, “You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts. For that which is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.

The woman said to him, “Sir, I perceive that you are a prophet.

Joshua said to Achan, “My son, please give glory to Yahweh, the God of Israel, and make confession to him. Tell me now what you have done! Don’t hide it from me!”

They scoff and speak with malice. In arrogance, they threaten oppression.

for as he thinks about the cost, so he is. “Eat and drink!” he says to you, but his heart is not with you.

who say, ‘Stay by yourself, don’t come near to me, for I am holier than you.’ These are smoke in my nose, a fire that burns all day.

Fear took hold of all, and they glorified God, saying, “A great prophet has arisen among us!” and, “God has visited his people!”

Some therefore of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God, because he doesn’t keep the Sabbath.” Others said, “How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?” There was division among them.

yet not at all meaning with the sexual sinners of this world, or with the covetous and extortionists, or with idolaters; for then you would have to leave the world.

but chiefly those who walk after the flesh in the lust of defilement and despise authority. Daring, self-willed, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignitaries;

For, uttering great swelling words of emptiness, they entice in the lusts of the flesh, by licentiousness, those who are indeed escaping from those who live in error;

Therefore you shall make images of your tumors and images of your mice that mar the land; and you shall give glory to the God of Israel. Perhaps he will release his hand from you, from your gods, and from your land.

There is a generation that is pure in their own eyes, yet are not washed from their filthiness.

The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Behold, a gluttonous man and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ But wisdom is justified by her children.”

Whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him, neither in this age, nor in that which is to come.

Into whatever city you enter, and they receive you, eat the things that are set before you.

When he went into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees on a Sabbath to eat bread, they were watching him.

He also said to the one who had invited him, “When you make a dinner or a supper, don’t call your friends, nor your brothers, nor your kinsmen, nor rich neighbors, or perhaps they might also return the favor, and pay you back.

The Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, “This man welcomes sinners, and eats with them.”

At this, his disciples came. They marveled that he was speaking with a woman; yet no one said, “What are you looking for?” or, “Why do you speak with her?”

For the bread of God is that which comes down out of heaven, and gives life to the world.”

saying, “You went in to uncircumcised men, and ate with them!”

Don’t let him who eats despise him who doesn’t eat. Don’t let him who doesn’t eat judge him who eats, for God has accepted him.

But you, why do you judge your brother? Or you again, why do you despise your brother? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.

For before some people came from James, he ate with the Gentiles. But when they came, he drew back and separated himself, fearing those who were of the circumcision.

knowing this first, that in the last days mockers will come, walking after their own lusts

“Don’t make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, lest they play the prostitute after their gods, and sacrifice to their gods, and one call you and you eat of his sacrifice;

“ ‘You shall do no injustice in judgment. You shall not be partial to the poor, nor show favoritism to the great; but you shall judge your neighbor in righteousness.

All the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron. The whole congregation said to them, “We wish that we had died in the land of Egypt, or that we had died in this wilderness!

Therefore you and all your company have gathered together against Yahweh! What is Aaron that you complain against him?”

But you be strong, and don’t let your hands be slack; for your work will be rewarded.”

(the foreigner has not camped in the street, but I have opened my doors to the traveler);

But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised by the people.

For my husband isn’t at home. He has gone on a long journey.

When the Pharisees saw it, they said to his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”

The scribes and the Pharisees, when they saw that he was eating with the sinners and tax collectors, said to his disciples, “Why is it that he eats and drinks with tax collectors and sinners?”

For from within, out of the hearts of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, sexual sins, murders, thefts,

Levi made a great feast for him in his house. There was a great crowd of tax collectors and others who were reclining with them.

When all the people and the tax collectors heard this, they declared God to be just, having been baptized with John’s baptism.

The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Behold, a gluttonous man, and a drunkard; a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’

Wisdom is justified by all her children.”

One of the Pharisees invited him to eat with him. He entered into the Pharisee’s house, and sat at the table.

Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw it, he said to himself, “This man, if he were a prophet, would have perceived who and what kind of woman this is who touches him, that she is a sinner.”

The Pharisee stood and prayed to himself like this: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like the rest of men, extortionists, unrighteous, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.

The Jews therefore contended with one another, saying, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?”

This is the bread which came down out of heaven—not as our fathers ate the manna, and died. He who eats this bread will live forever.”

So they made him a supper there. Martha served, but Lazarus was one of those who sat at the table with him.

When she and her household were baptized, she begged us, saying, “If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house and stay.” So she persuaded us.

A great clamor arose, and some of the scribes of the Pharisees’ part stood up, and contended, saying, “We find no evil in this man. But if a spirit or angel has spoken to him, let’s not fight against God!”

I was alive apart from the law once, but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.

For being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, they didn’t subject themselves to the righteousness of God.

Let each one of us please his neighbor for that which is good, to be building him up.

Don’t grumble, as some of them also grumbled, and perished by the destroyer.

Yes, we ourselves have had the sentence of death within ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead,

“We, being Jews by nature, and not Gentile sinners,

Do all things without complaining and arguing,

as knowing this, that law is not made for a righteous person, but for the lawless and insubordinate, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,

he is conceited, knowing nothing, but obsessed with arguments, disputes, and word battles, from which come envy, strife, insulting, evil suspicions,

without natural affection, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, fierce, not lovers of good,

and you pay special attention to him who wears the fine clothing and say, “Sit here in a good place;” and you tell the poor man, “Stand there,” or “Sit by my footstool”

“If it is hard for the righteous to be saved, what will happen to the ungodly and the sinner?”

For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Don’t even the tax collectors do the same?

Into whatever city or village you enter, find out who in it is worthy; and stay there until you go on.

When they received it, they murmured against the master of the household,

Their scribes and the Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, “Why do you eat and drink with the tax collectors and sinners?”

Behold, a woman in the city who was a sinner, when she knew that he was reclining in the Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster jar of ointment.

He spoke also this parable to certain people who were convinced of their own righteousness, and who despised all others.

The Jews therefore murmured concerning him, because he said, “I am the bread which came down out of heaven.”

So they called the man who was blind a second time, and said to him, “Give glory to God. We know that this man is a sinner.”

But if one of those who don’t believe invites you to a meal, and you are inclined to go, eat whatever is set before you, asking no questions for the sake of conscience.

These are murmurers and complainers, walking after their lusts—and their mouth speaks proud things—showing respect of persons to gain advantage.