And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is it to you? for even sinners do the same.
And if you let those have the use of your money, from whom you are hoping to get it back, what credit is it to you? even sinners do so to sinners, hoping to get back as much as they gave.
The Son of man came feasting, and you say, Here is a lover of food and wine, a friend of tax-farmers and sinners.
And there went out to him all the people of Judaea, and all those of Jerusalem, and they were given baptism by him in the river Jordan, saying that they were sinners.
And it came about that he was seated at meat in his house, and a number of tax-farmers and sinners were at table with Jesus and his disciples: for there were a great number of them, and they came after him.
And the scribes of the Pharisees, when they saw that he was taking food with the tax-farmers and sinners, said to his disciples, Why does he take food and drink with such men?
And Jesus, hearing it, said to them, Those who are well have no need of a medical man, but those who are ill: I have come not to get the upright but sinners.
The Son of man has come feasting, and they say, See, a lover of food and wine, a friend of tax-farmers and sinners! And wisdom is judged to be right by her works.
And it came about, when he was in the house taking food, that a number of tax-farmers and sinners came and took their places with Jesus and his disciples.
And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to his disciples, Why does your Master take food with tax-farmers and sinners?
But go and take to heart the sense of these words, My desire is for mercy, not offerings: for I have come not to get the upright, but sinners.
Let your ear now take note and let your eyes be open, so that you may give ear to the prayer of your servant, which I make before you at this time, day and night, for the children of Israel, your servants, while I put before you the sins of the children of Israel, which we have done against you: truly, I and my father's people are sinners.
Then Aaron said to Moses, O my lord, let not our sin be on our heads, for we have done foolishly and are sinners.
And now you have come to take the place of your fathers, another generation of sinners, increasing the wrath of the Lord against Israel.
But if you do not do this, then you are sinners against the Lord; and you may be certain that your sin will have its reward.
Blessings are on the head of the upright, but the face of sinners will be covered with sorrow.
My son, if sinners would take you out of the right way, do not go with them.
When things go well for the upright man, all the town is glad; at the death of sinners, there are cries of joy.
No trouble will come to upright men, but sinners will be full of evil.
The words of sinners are destruction for the upright; but the mouth of upright men is their salvation.
Evil will overtake sinners, but the upright will be rewarded with good.
The knees of the evil are bent before the good; and sinners go down in the dust at the doors of the upright.
The Lord is far from sinners, but his ear is open to the prayer of the upright.
The Upright One, looking on the house of the evil-doer, lets sinners be overturned to their destruction.
But sinners will be cut off from the land, and those whose acts are false will be uprooted.
Have no envy of sinners in your heart, but keep in the fear of the Lord all through the day;
Do not be troubled because of evil-doers, or have envy of sinners:
For there will be no future for the evil man; the light of sinners will be put out.
Do not go in the road of sinners, or be walking in the way of evil men.
The way of sinners is dark; they see not the cause of their fall.
Morning by morning will I put to death all the sinners in the land, so that all evil-doers may be cut off from Jerusalem.
Let sinners be cut off from the earth, and let all evil-doers come to an end. Give praise to the Lord, O my soul. Give praise to the Lord.
And a fire was lighted among their tents; the sinners were burned up by the flames.
We are sinners like our fathers, we have done wrong, our acts are evil.
Happy is the man who does not go in the company of sinners, or take his place in the way of evil-doers, or in the seat of those who do not give honour to the Lord.
Sinners have put a net to take me; but I was true to your orders.
All the sinners of the earth are like waste metal in your eyes; and for this cause I give my love to your unchanging word.
I am burning with wrath, because of the sinners who have given up your law.
The sinners have been waiting for me to give me up to destruction; but I will give all my mind to your unchanging ward.
For the rod of sinners will not be resting on the heritage of the upright; so that the upright may not put out their hands to evil.
The sinners are walking on every side, and evil is honoured among the children of men.
If only you would put the sinners to death, O God; go far from me, you men of blood.
O Lord, take me out of the hands of sinners; keep me safe from the violent man: for they are designing my downfall.
Let the sinners be taken in the nets which they themselves have put down, while I go free.
Let the upright give me punishment; and let the god-fearing man put me in the right way; but I will not let the oil of sinners come on my head: when they do evil I will give myself to prayer.
The Lord will keep all his worshippers from danger; but he will send destruction on all sinners.
The Lord takes care of those who are in a strange land; he gives help to the widow and to the child who has no father; but he sends destruction on the way of sinners.
The Lord gives help to the poor in spirit; but he sends sinners down in shame.
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The Book of Enoch is ascribed to the great-grandfather of Noah and is included in the cannon of some churches. It describes the fall of the angels (watchers), visions of heaven and hell and the birth of Noah. Quotes from the book of Enoch are found in the New Testament.
The First Book of Adam and Eve. Books 1 begins immediately after the expulsion from the Garden of Eden. We learn about the fall but also of the promise to save Adam and his decendents. The story depicts mans struggle against evil, the devil and sin.
The Second Book of Adam and Eve. Discusses Adam's sorrow and death. The history of the patriarchs who lived before the Flood until the birth of Noah; the children of Seth on Mount Hermon and Cain's death. It ends with the testament and translation of Enoch.
The Infancy of Jesus Christ (Infancy Gospel of Thomas) relates the life of Jesus from the ages of five to twelve. It is believed that the document was transcribed from oral traditions some time prior to the second century. The ancient writing is possibly Gnostic and many early church leaders considered it heretical.
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