Luke 7:39 Cross References - Goodspeed

³⁹ When the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself, "If this man were really a prophet, he would know who and what the woman is who is touching him, for she leads a wicked life."

¹² But he heard it, and said, "It is not well people but the sick who have to have the doctor! ¹³ You must go and learn what the saying means, 'It is mercy, not sacrifice, that I care for.' I did not come to invite the pious but the irreligious."

¹⁶ So those who are last now will be first then, and those who are first will be last."

²⁸ But what do you think? There was a man who had two sons. He went to the first and said, 'My son, go and work in the vineyard today.' ²⁹ And he answered, 'I will, sir,' but he did not go. ³⁰ Then the man went to the second son, and told him the same thing. And he answered, 'I will not!' But afterward he changed his mind and went. ³¹ Which of the two did what his father wanted?" They said, "The second one." Jesus said to them, "I tell you, the tax-collectors and prostitutes are going into the Kingdom of God ahead of you.

⁶ There were some scribes sitting there pondering and saying to themselves, ⁷ "Why does this man talk so? This is blasphemy. Who can forgive sins but God alone?"

²¹ For it is from inside, from men's hearts, that designs of evil come; immorality, stealing, murder, adultery,

⁸ Then produce fruit that will be consistent with your professed repentance! And do not begin to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham for our forefather,' for I tell you, God can produce descendants for Abraham right out of these stones!

¹⁶ And they were all overcome with awe, and they praised God, and said, "A great prophet has appeared among us!" and "God has not forgotten his people!"

³⁷ Now there was a woman in the town who was leading a sinful life, and when she learned that he was having dinner at the Pharisee's house, she got an alabaster flask of perfume,

¹⁷ And he said to himself, 'What am I going to do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?'

² And the Pharisees and scribes grumbled, and said, "This man welcomes irreligious people, and even eats with them!"

²⁸ But he was angry and would not go into the house. And his father came out and urged him. ²⁹ And he said to his father, 'Here I have served you all these years, and have never disobeyed an order of yours, and you have never given me a kid, so that I could entertain my friends. ³⁰ But when your son here came, who has eaten up your property with women of the street, for him you killed the calf you have been fattening!'

³ Then the manager said to himself, 'What am I going to do, because my master is going to take my position away from me? I cannot dig; I am ashamed to beg.

⁴ And he would not for a time, but afterward he said to himself, 'Though I have no fear of God nor respect for men,

⁹ To some who were confident of their own uprightness, and thought nothing of others, he used this illustration: ¹⁰ "Two men went up to the Temple to pray; one was a Pharisee and the other a tax-collector. ¹¹ The Pharisee stood up and uttered this prayer to himself: 'O God, I thank you that I am not like other men, greedy, dishonest, or adulterous, like that tax-collector.

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

¹² and there was a great deal of muttering about him among the crowds, some saying that he was a good man, and others that he was not, but was imposing on the people.

⁴⁰ So some of the people, when they heard these words, said, "This is certainly the Prophet!" ⁴¹ Others said, "This is the Christ!" But they rejoined, "What! Is the Christ to come from Galilee?

⁴⁷ The Pharisees answered, "Have you been imposed upon too? ⁴⁸ Have any of the authorities or of the Pharisees believed in him? ⁴⁹ But these common people who do not know the Law are doomed!" ⁵⁰ One of them, Nicodemus, who had previously gone to Jesus, said to them, ⁵¹ "Does our Law condemn the accused without first hearing what he has to say, and finding out what he has done?" ⁵² They answered, "Are you from Galilee too? Study and you will find that no prophet is to appear from Galilee."

²⁴ So they again summoned the man who had been blind, and they said to him, "Give God the praise. This man we know is a sinful man."