15:1 Now all the tax collectors 3 and sinners were coming 4 to hear him.
1 sn I have not come is another commission statement by Jesus; see 4:43-44.
2 sn Though parallels exist to this saying (Matt 9:13; Mark 2:17), only Luke has this last phrase but sinners to repentance. Repentance is a frequent topic in Luke’s Gospel: 3:3, 8; 13:1-5; 15:7, 10; 16:30; 17:3-4; 24:47.
3 sn See the note on tax collectors in 3:12.
4 tn Grk “were drawing near.”