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And the Pharisees and scribes grumbled, saying, This man receives sinners, and eats with them.
The Vigil
Today’s scroll, one verse at a time — each linked to the last by the cross-references rather than by any model of you. The same vigil for everyone, and a different one tomorrow.
And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to his disciples, Why eats your Teacher with tax collectors and sinners?
from Luke 15:2 · a strong link
And when the scribes and Pharisees saw him eat with tax collectors and sinners, they said to his disciples, How is it that he eats and drinks with tax collectors and sinners?
from Matthew 9:11
The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank you, that I am not as other men are, swindlers, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax collector.
from Mark 2:16
Because you say, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and know not that you are wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:
from Luke 18:11
Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
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As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice to idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is none other God but one.
Thus says the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.
from I Corinthians 8:4
To you it was shown, so that you might know that the LORD he is God; there is none else beside him.
from Isaiah 44:6 · a strong link
There is none holy as the LORD: for there is none beside you: neither is there any rock like our God.
from Deuteronomy 4:35 · a strong link
Among the gods there is none like you, O Lord; neither are there any works like to your works.
from I Samuel 2:2
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By this we perceive the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, so that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
from I John 3:16 · a strong link
Having yet therefore one son, his beloved, he sent him also last to them, saying, They will reverence my son.
from John 3:16 · a strong link
And look, a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
from Mark 12:6
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But the anointing which you have received of him remains in you, and you need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teaches you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it has taught you, you shall remain in him.
But the Helper, which is the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatever I have said to you.
from I John 2:27 · a strong link
Therefore (as the Holy Spirit says, Today if you will hear his voice,
from John 14:26 · a strong link
Oh that my people had listened to me, and Israel had walked in my ways!
from Hebrews 3:7 · a strong link
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you that kill the prophets, and stone them which are sent to you, how often would I have gathered your children together, even as a hen gathers her chickens under her wings, and you would not!
from Psalms 81:13
He shall cover you with his feathers, and under his wings shall you trust: his truth shall be your shield and buckler.
from Matthew 23:37
I will remain in your tabernacle for ever: I will trust in the shelter of your wings. Selah.
from Psalms 91:4 · a strong link
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And God has set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, varieties of tongues.
Which in other ages was not made known to the sons of men, as it is now revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;
from I Corinthians 12:28
But, beloved, remember the words which were spoken before of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ;
from Ephesians 3:5 · a strong link
That you may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Savior:
from Jude 1:17 · a strong link
And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said to me, See you do it not: I am your fellow servant, and of your brothers that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.
from II Peter 3:2
And as Peter was coming in, Cornelius met him, and fell down at his feet, and worshipped him.
from Revelation of John 19:10 · a strong link
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I know also, my God, that you try the heart, and have pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of my heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy your people, who are present here, to offer willingly to you.
Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and says of him, Look, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!
from I Chronicles 29:17
Then Jesus said to those Jews which believed on him, If you continue in my word, then are you my disciples indeed;
from John 1:47
Remain in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it remain in the vine; no more can you, except you remain in me.
from John 8:31
For this thing I begged the Lord three times, that it might depart from me.
from John 15:4
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Clean out therefore the old leaven, so that you may be a new lump, as you are unleavened. For even Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us:
Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day shall be a feast to the LORD.
from I Corinthians 5:7
Seven days shall you eat unleavened bread; even the first day you shall put away leaven out of your houses: for whoever eats leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel.
from Exodus 13:6
And in the fifteenth day of this month is the feast: seven days shall unleavened bread be eaten.
from Exodus 12:15
That is the whole thread.
Every verse the cross-references reach from Luke 15:2 along this chain. Today’s own vigil is laid separately.
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