1 There resorted vnto him all the publicans and synners, that they might heare him.
Luke 15:1 Cross References - Coverdale
Ezekiel 18:27
27 Agayne: when the wicked man turneth awaye from his wickednesse, that he hath done, and doth the thinge which is equall and right: he shal saue his soule alyue.
Matthew 9:10-13
10 And he arose, and folowed him. And it came to passe as he sat at meate in the house: beholde, many publicans and synners came and sat downe also with Iesus and hys disciples.
11 When the Pharises sawe that, they sayde to hys disciples: why eateth youre master with publicans and synners?
12 When Iesus herde that, he sayde vnto them: The whole nede not ye phisicio, but they that are sicke.
13 Go and learne, what that meaneth: I haue pleasure in mercy, and not in offerynge. For I am not come to call the righteous, but ye synners to repentaunce,
Matthew 21:28-31
28 But what thinke ye? A certayne man had two sonnes, and came to the first, and sayde: Go thy waye my sonne, & worke to daye in my vynyarde.
29 He answered and sayde: I wil not, but afterwarde he repented, and wente.
30 He came also vnto the secode, and sayde likewyse. And he answered and saide: I wil syr. And wete not.
31 Whether of them twayne dyd the wil of the father? They sayde vnto him: the first. Iesus sayde vnto the: Verely I saye vnto you: The publicans and harlottes shal come in to the kyngdome of God before you.
Luke 5:29-32
29 And Leui made hi a greate feast i his house. And many publicans & other sat wt hi at ye table
30 And the scrybes and Pharyses murmured agaynst his disciples, & saide: Wherfore do ye eate & drynke wt publicas & synners?
31 And Iesus answered, & sayde vnto the: The whole nede not ye phisician, but they yt are sicke.
32 I am not come to call ye righteous, but sinners to repentauce.
Luke 7:29
29 And all the people that herde him, and ye publicans, iustified God, and were baptysed with the baptyme of Ihon.
Luke 13:30
30 And beholde, there are last, which shal be fyrst: and there are first, which shalbe last.
Romans 5:20
20 But the lawe in the meane tyme entred, that synne shulde increace. Neuertheles where abundaunce of synne was, there was yet more plenteousnes of grace:
1 Timothy 1:15
15 For this is a true sayenge, and by all meanes worthy to be receaued, that Christ Iesus came in to ye worlde to saue synners, of whom I am chefe.