Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'publican' occurs 6 times in the standard works.

2 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'publican' in the standard works and contain 33.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 1 minutes to read the entire list.

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Luke 18:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

 18:10 Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican.

 18:11 The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.




Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 0 0 0
NT 6 17 23
Matt. 2 7 9
Mark 0 3 3
Luke 4 7 11
BM 0 0 0
DC 0 0 0
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 6 17 23

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

Luke 5:27
And after these things he went forth, and saw a publican, named Levi, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he said unto him, Follow me.

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 18:10
Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican.

Luke 18:11
The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.

Luke 18:13
And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.

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