Luke 7:39 Cross References - BBE

³⁹ Now when the Pharisee in whose house he was saw it, he said to himself, This man, if he was a prophet, would be conscious what sort of woman this is who has put her hands on him, that she is a sinner.

²⁰ But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha, the man of God, said, Now my master has taken nothing from Naaman, this Aramaean, of what he would have given him: by the living Lord, I will go after him and get something from him.

⁷ For as the thoughts of his heart are, so is he: Take food and drink, he says to you; but his heart is not with you.

⁵ Who say, Keep away, do not come near me, for fear that I make you holy: these are a smoke in my nose, a fire burning all day.

¹² But on hearing this he said, Those who are well have no need of a medical man, but those who are ill. ¹³ But go and take to heart the sense of these words, My desire is for mercy, not offerings: for I have come not to get the upright, but sinners.

¹⁶ So the last will be first, and the first last.

²⁸ But how does it seem to you? A man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go and do work today in the vine-garden. ²⁹ And he said in answer, I will not: but later, changing his decision, he went. ³⁰ And he came to the second and said the same. And he made answer and said, I go, sir: and went not. ³¹ Which of the two did his father's pleasure? They say, The first. Jesus said to them, Truly I say to you, that tax-farmers and loose women are going into the kingdom of God before you.

⁶ But there were certain of the scribes seated there, and reasoning in their hearts, ⁷ Why does this man say such things? he has no respect for God: from whom does forgiveness come but from God only?

²¹ Because from inside, from the heart of men, come evil thoughts and unclean pleasures,

⁸ Make clear by your acts that your hearts have been changed; and do not say to yourselves, We have Abraham for our father: for I say to you that God is able from these stones to make children of Abraham.

¹⁶ And fear came on all, and they gave praise to God, saying, A great prophet is among us: and, God has given thought to his people.

³⁷ And there was a woman in the town who was a sinner; and when she had news that he was a guest in the Pharisee's house, she took a bottle of perfume,

¹⁷ And he said to himself, What is to be done? for I have no place in which to put all my fruit.

² And the Pharisees and scribes were angry, saying, This man gives approval to sinners, and takes food with them.

²⁸ But he was angry and would not go in; and his father came out and made a request to him to come in. ²⁹ But he made answer and said to his father, See, all these years I have been your servant, doing your orders in everything: and you never gave me even a young goat so that I might have a feast with my friends: ³⁰ But when this your son came, who has been wasting your property with bad women, you put to death the fat young ox for him.

³ And the servant said to himself, What am I to do now that my lord takes away my position? I have not enough strength for working in the fields, and I would be shamed if I made requests for money from people in the streets.

⁴ And for a time he would not: but later, he said to himself, Though I have no fear of God or respect for man,

⁹ And he made this story for some people who were certain that they were good, and had a low opinion of others: ¹⁰ Two men went up to the Temple for prayer; one a Pharisee, and the other a tax-farmer. ¹¹ The Pharisee, taking up his position, said to himself these words: God, I give you praise because I am not like other men, who take more than their right, who are evil-doers, who are untrue to their wives, or even like this tax-farmer.

¹⁹ The woman said to him, Sir, I see that you are a prophet.

¹² And there was much discussion about him among the mass of the people. Some said, He is a good man; but others said, No, he is giving people false ideas.

⁴⁰ When these words came to their ears, some of the people said, This is certainly the prophet. ⁴¹ Others said, This is the Christ. But others said, Not so; will the Christ come from Galilee?

⁴⁷ Then the Pharisees said to them, Have you, like the others, been given false ideas? ⁴⁸ Have any of the rulers belief in him, or any one of the Pharisees? ⁴⁹ But these people who have no knowledge of the law are cursed. ⁵⁰ Nicodemus--he who had come to Jesus before, being himself one of them--said to them, ⁵¹ Is a man judged by our law before it has given him a hearing and has knowledge of what he has done? ⁵² This was their answer: And do you come from Galilee? Make search and you will see that no prophet comes out of Galilee.

²⁴ So they sent a second time for the man who had been blind and they said to him, Give glory to God: it is clear to us that this man is a sinner.