Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'publicans' occurs 17 times in the standard works.

11 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'publicans' in the standard works and contain 64.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 5 minutes to read the entire list.

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Mark 2:15-16 (3 in 2 verses)

Matt. 5:46-47 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 9:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 21:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)


Luke 5:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

 5:29 And Levi made him a great feast in his own house: and there was a great company of publicans and of others that sat down with them.

 5:30 But their scribes and Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with publicans and sinners?




Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 0 0 0
NT 17 0 17
Matt. 7 0 7
Mark 3 0 3
Luke 7 0 7
BM 0 0 0
DC 0 0 0
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 17 0 17

Luke 3:12
Then came also publicans to be baptized, and said unto him, Master, what shall we do?

Luke 5:29
And Levi made him a great feast in his own house: and there was a great company of publicans and of others that sat down with them.

Luke 5:30
But their scribes and Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with publicans and sinners?

Luke 7:29
And all the people that heard him, and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John.

Luke 7:34
The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!

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

Luke 19:2
And, behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus, which was the chief among the publicans, and he was rich.