Lukas 5:30

5:30 But ¹  the Pharisees ²  and their experts in the law ³  complained ⁴  to his disciples, saying, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?” ⁵ 

Lukas 7:34

7:34 The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Look at him, ⁶  a glutton and a drunk, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ ⁷ 

Lukas 15:1

The Parable of the Lost Sheep and Coin

15:1 Now all the tax collectors ⁸  and sinners were coming ⁹  to hear him.

[5:30]  ¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the implied contrast present in this context.

[5:30]  ² sn See the note on Pharisees in 5:17.

[5:30]  ³ tn Or “and their scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 5:21.

[5:30]  ⁴ tn Or “grumbled”; a term often used in the OT for inappropriate grumbling: Exod 15:24; 16:7-8; Num 14:2, 26-35; 16:11.

[5:30]  ⁵ sn The issue here is inappropriate associations (eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners) and the accusation comes not against Jesus, but his disciples.

[7:34]  ⁶ tn Grk “Behold a man.”

[7:34]  ⁷ sn Neither were they happy with Jesus (the Son of Man), even though he was the opposite of John and associated freely with people like tax collectors and sinners. Either way, God’s messengers were subject to complaint.

[15:1]  ⁸ sn See the note on tax collectors in 3:12.

[15:1]  ⁹ tn Grk “were drawing near.”