1Now all the publicans and sinners were drawing near unto him for to hear him.


In Context

1 Now all the publicans and sinners were drawing near unto him for to hear him.

2 And both the Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them.

3 And he spake unto them this parable, saying,

Luke 15:1 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

15:1Then drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for to hear him.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

15:1Now the tax collectors and "sinners" were all gathering around to hear him.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

15:1NOW the publicans and sinners drew near unto him to hear him.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

15:1Now all the publicans and sinners were drawing near unto him to hear him.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:1And all the tax-gatherers and the sinners were coming near to him to hear him;

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:1Then drew near to him all the publicans and sinners to hear him.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

15:1And all the tax-gatherers and the sinners were coming nigh to him, to hear him,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

15:1Then drew near to him all the publicans and sinners for to hear him.