Then drew near unto him all the tax collectors and sinners to hear him.
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Cornelius a Lapide
AD 1637
Then drew near under Him all the publicans and sinners. πάντες, all, that Isaiah , many came together to hear Christ, attracted by His sanctity and by the loving-kindness with which He called sinners to Himself, and promised pardon and salvation to the penitent. For His preaching was, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand." S. , Matthew 4:17.
