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Matthew 9:9-11 (Luke 5:27-30)

As Jesus went forth, he saw a man named Matthew collecting taxes, and said to him: “Follow me.” And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at dinner, that many tax collectors and sinners came and sat with him and his disciples.

And when the religious leaders saw it, they said to his disciples : “Why does your Master eat with tax collectors and sinners?”



Luke 5:31-32 (Matthew 9:12-13)

But when Jesus heard that, he said: “It is not the healthy that need a doctor, but the sick. I did not come to call the righteous, but rather sinners to repentance.”



Luke 18:9 (see also Luke 14:7-11)

Jesus spoke the following parable to certain people who were self-righteousness, and despised others:



Luke 8:10-14

 Two men went up into the temple to pray; one was a religious leader, and the other a tax collector. The religious leader stood and prayed thus: “God, I thank you that I am not like other men --unjust, an extortionist, an adulterer, or even corrupt like this tax collector. I fast twice a week. I give tithes of all that I possess.”

But the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but struck himself in his chest, saying: “God be merciful to me, a sinner.”

I tell you, the tax collector rather than the religious leader went back to his house blessed, for every one that exalts himself shall be humbled; and he that humbles himself shall be exalted.



Luke:7:37

A sinful woman, knowing that Jesus was having dinner with the religious leaders, brought him a box of ointment. She knelt at his feet, weeping, where she washed his feet with tears, dried them with her own hair, kissed them, and anointed them with the ointment.

When the religious leader who had invited him saw it, he said to himself: “If this man were a prophet, he would know that he is being touched by a sinner.”

Jesus answered: “Simon, I have something to say to you.”

The religious leader replied “Master, say on.”

“There was a man who was owed money by two debtors. One owed five hundred coins, and the other fifty. When neither could pay, he forgave them both, erasing their debts. Which one, therefore, will love him more?”

Simon answered: “I suppose the one he forgave the most.”

And Jesus said: “You have judged correctly.”

Then he turned to the woman, and said to Simon: “Do you see this woman? I came to your house, and you gave me no water for my feet, but she washed my feet with tears and dried them with her own hair. You gave me no kiss, but this woman has not ceased kissing my feet since I arrived. You did not anoint my head with oil, but this woman has anointed my feet with ointment. Therefore I tell you: Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she has loved much: but to those whom little is forgiven, love little.”

And Jesus said to her: “Your sins are forgiven.”

And those at the dinner asked themselves: “Who is this that forgives sins as well?”

And Jesus said to the woman: “Your faith has saved you; go in peace.”



“The Prodigal Son” - Luke:15:1-32

The religious leaders and scholars came to hear him. And they murmured against him, saying, this man receives sinners and eats with them.

And he said: “A certain man had two sons. And the younger said to his father, Father, give me my half of your property. And his father did so. Not long later, the younger son took all his inheritance, traveled to a far country, and wasted everything he owned in riotous living.

“And when he had spent everything, there was a famine in that country, and he was in need. And he went to work for a citizen of that country, who sent him into the fields to feed the pigs. And he would have gladly filled his belly with the husks that the pigs ate, but no one gave him anything. Then he finally came to his senses, and said: ‘The many hired servants of my father have food to spare, while I die of hunger. I will go to my father and say: Father, I have sinned against heaven and you, and am no longer worthy to be your son, yet make me instead one of your servants.’

“And he got up and went to his father. But when he was still far away, his father saw him, and had mercy on him, and ran and hugged and kissed him. And the son said to the father: ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your eyes, and am no longer worthy to be your son.’

“But the father said to his servants: ‘Bring him the best robe, and a ring for his finger, and shoes for his feet. And bring the fatted calf, and we will kill it and have a feast and celebrate. For my son was dead, and is alive; was lost and is found.’ And they began to celebrate.

Now the older son was in the field, and as he got near the house he heard music and dancing. And he called one of the servants, and asked what these things meant.

And the servant replied: ‘Your brother has come home, and your father has killed the fatted calf, because he has gotten his son back safe and sound.’

But the older son was angry, and would not go in, so his father came out to invite him in. And he answered his father, saying: ‘I have served you for many years, never disobeying your slightest command and yet you never gave me as much as a young goat so that I could throw a party for my friends. But as soon as my brother arrived home you killed the fatted calf for him, even after he wasted your livelihood on whores.

His father replied: Son, you are with me always, and all that I have is yours. But it is right for us to celebrate today, for your brother was dead, and is alive again; was lost and is found.



Luke 19:1-10

Jesus entered Jericho. There was a man there named Zacchaeus, the wealthy chief of the tax collectors. He tried to see Jesus, but was too short to see past the crowds. So he ran ahead, and climbed a sycamore tree to see him, in the place where Jesus was to pass. When Jesus came to the place, he looked up, saw him, and said unto him: “Zacchaeus, make haste, and come down, for today I will stay at your house.”

He came down quickly, and received him with happiness. When the people saw it, they murmured against Jesus for going to be the guest of a man who was a sinner.

Zacchaeus stood and said: “Behold, Lord, half of what I have, I will give to the poor, and if I have cheated anyone, I will restore four times what he lost.”

And Jesus said: “Salvation has come this house today, in as much as Zacchaeus is also a son of Abraham. For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost."



Luke 23:39-43

One of the criminals on his cross railed at him, saying: “If you are the Messiah, save yourself and us.”

But the other criminal rebuked him, saying: “Do you not fear God, seeing that you are also condemned? And we are condemned justly, the due reward of our deeds, but this man has done nothing wrong.”

And he said to Jesus: “Lord, remember me when you come into your kingdom.”

And Jesus said: “Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise.”



Luke 16:1-8

There was a certain rich man, whose assistant was accused of wasting his resources. He called the assistant and said: “What is this I hear? Give an account of your stewardship, for you might no longer be my assistant.”

Then the assistant said to himself: “What shall I do if my lord takes away my job? I cannot work with my hands, and I am too proud to beg. I must seek friends who will take me in when I am put out of my job.”

So he called every one who owed his lord money and said to the first: “How much do you owe?”

And the man replied: “A hundred measures of oil.”

And the assistant said: “Here is your bill of debt, quickly cross out the hundred and write in fifty.”

Then he said to another: “And how much do you owe?”

And the other replied: “A hundred measures of wheat.”

And the assistant said: “Take your bill and write eighty.”

And the lord commended the dishonest assistant for his wisdom, for the children of the world are wiser in their own ways than are the children of light.



John 8:3-11

The scholars and religious leaders brought him a woman caught committing adultery, saying: “Master, this woman was caught in the very act of adultery. Moses commanded us in the law to stone such women, but what do you say?”

They said this to trap him, so that they would have grounds to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and wrote on the ground with his finger, as though he did not hear them. But when they continued asking him, he stood up and said: “Let he without sin cast the first stone.” Then he stooped down again and wrote on the ground.

They who heard him, being convicted by their own consciences, went out one by one, from the oldest to the youngest, and Jesus was left alone with the woman. When Jesus stood up and saw no one but the woman, he said: “Woman, where are your accusers? Has no man condemned you?”

She said: “No, Lord.”

And Jesus said: “Neither do I condemn you. Go and sin no more.”

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