Bible Cross References
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Mark 2:7
"How does he dare talk like this? This is blasphemy! God is the only one who can forgive sins!"
Isaiah 65:5
And then they say to others, 'Keep away from us; we are too holy for you to touch!' I cannot stand people like that---my anger against them is like a fire that never goes out.
Luke 15:2-7
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the Pharisees and the teachers of the Law started grumbling, "This man welcomes outcasts and even eats with them!"
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So Jesus told them this parable:
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"Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them---what do you do? You leave the other ninety-nine sheep in the pasture and go looking for the one that got lost until you find it.
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When you find it, you are so happy that you put it on your shoulders
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and carry it back home. Then you call your friends and neighbors together and say to them, 'I am so happy I found my lost sheep. Let us celebrate!'
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In the same way, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine respectable people who do not need to repent.
Luke 18:11
The Pharisee stood apart by himself and prayed, 'I thank you, God, that I am not greedy, dishonest, or an adulterer, like everybody else. I thank you that I am not like that tax collector over there.
Luke 19:7
All the people who saw it started grumbling, "This man has gone as a guest to the home of a sinner!"
Luke 19:10
The Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost."
1 Corinthians 2:15
Whoever has the Spirit, however, is able to judge the value of everything, but no one is able to judge him.
Hebrews 12:3
Think of what he went through; how he put up with so much hatred from sinners! So do not let yourselves become discouraged and give up.
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Matthew 18:17
And if he will not listen to them, then tell the whole thing to the church. Finally, if he will not listen to the church, treat him as though he were a pagan or a tax collector.