Matthew 21:30
And he came to the second and said the same. And he made answer and said, I go, sir: and went not.
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Matthew 21:30
And he came to the second and said the same. And he made answer and said, I go, sir: and went not.
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Matthew 21:29
And he said in answer, I will not: but later, changing his decision, he went.
Matthew 9:11
And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to his disciples, Why does your Master take food with tax-farmers and sinners?
Matthew 9:12
But on hearing this he said, Those who are well have no need of a medical man, but those who are ill.
Matthew 9:13
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.
Isaiah 29:24
Those whose hearts were turned away from him will get knowledge, and those who made an outcry against him will give attention to his teaching.
1 Corinthians 6:11
And such were some of you; but you have been washed, you have been made holy, you have been given righteousness in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God.
1 Timothy 1:15
It is a true saying, in which all may put their faith, that Christ Jesus came into the world to give salvation to sinners, of whom I am the chief:
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Luke 18:9
And he made this story for some people who were certain that they were good, and had a low opinion of others:
Luke 18:10
Two men went up to the Temple for prayer; one a Pharisee, and the other a tax-farmer.
Luke 18:11
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.
Matthew 11:12
And from the days of John the Baptist till now, the kingdom of heaven is forcing its way in, and men of force take it.
Luke 5:30
And the Pharisees and their scribes made protests against his disciples, saying, Why do you take food and drink with tax-farmers and sinners?
Luke 7:29
(And all the people, and the tax-farmers, to whom John had given baptism, when they had knowledge of these things, gave glory to God.
Luke 7:30
But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law were against the purpose of God for themselves, not having had his baptism.)
Luke 7:39
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.
Luke 15:1
Now all the tax-farmers and sinners came near to give ear to him.
Luke 15:2
And the Pharisees and scribes were angry, saying, This man gives approval to sinners, and takes food with them.
Isaiah 65:5
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.
Matthew 20:16
So the last will be first, and the first last.
Luke 7:34
The Son of man came feasting, and you say, Here is a lover of food and wine, a friend of tax-farmers and sinners.
Luke 13:30
And the last will be first, and the first will be last.
Luke 19:7
And when they saw it, they were all angry, saying, He has gone into the house of a sinner.
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Ezekiel 18:27
Again, when the evil-doer, turning away from the evil he has done, does what is ordered and right, he will have life for his soul.
Isaiah 55:7
Let the sinner give up his way, and the evil-doer his purpose: and let him come back to the Lord, and he will have mercy on him; and to our God, for there is full forgiveness with him.
Ezekiel 18:21
But if the evil-doer, turning away from all the sins which he has done, keeps my rules and does what is ordered and right, life will certainly be his; death will not be his fate.
Matthew 3:8
Let your change of heart be seen in your works:
Matthew 3:9
And say not to yourselves, We have Abraham for our father; because I say to you that God is able from these stones to make children for Abraham.
Acts 26:20
But I went about, first to those in Damascus and Jerusalem, and through all the country of Judaea, and then to the Gentiles, preaching a change of heart, so that they, being turned to God, might give, in their works, the fruits of a changed heart.
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Matthew 23:3
All things, then, which they give you orders to do, these do and keep: but do not take their works as your example, for they say and do not.
Matthew 7:21
Not everyone who says to me, Lord, Lord, will go into the kingdom of heaven; but he who does the pleasure of my Father in heaven.
Romans 2:19
In the belief that you are a guide to the blind, a light to those in the dark,
Romans 2:20
A teacher of the foolish, having in the law the form of knowledge and of what is true;
Romans 2:21
You who give teaching to others, do you give it to yourself? you who say that a man may not take what is not his, do you take what is not yours?
Romans 2:22
You who say that a man may not be untrue to his wife, are you true to yours? you who are a hater of images, do you do wrong to the house of God?
Romans 2:23
You who take pride in the law, are you doing wrong to the honour of God by behaviour which is against the law?
Romans 2:24
For the name of God is shamed among the Gentiles because of you, as it is said in the holy Writings.
Titus 1:16
They say that they have knowledge of God, while by their acts they are turning their backs on him; they are hated by all, hard-hearted, and judged to be without value for any good work.
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