Luke 15:1-2 Then drew near to him all the publicans and sinners for to hear him.… Rigorous courses hath ordinarily produced sad effects. Thou seest that those drops that fall easily upon the corn ripen and fill the ear, but the stormy showers that fall with violence beat the stalks down fiat upon the earth, which being once laid, are afterwards kept down without hope of recovery through weeds' embracements. Have you never known any that have been sent faulty to the jail who have returned flagitious and vile? (N. Rogers.) Parallel Verses KJV: Then drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for to hear him.WEB: Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming close to him to hear him. |
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