Matthew 9:11

And the Pharisees seeing [it], said to his disciples, Why does your teacher eat with tax-gatherers and sinners?

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners?

In Context

10And it came to pass, as he lay at table in the house, that behold, many tax-gatherers and sinners came and lay at table with Jesus and his disciples.

12But [Jesus] hearing it, said, They that are strong have not need of a physician, but those that are ill.

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Cross References

Matthew 11:19The Son of man has come eating and drinking, and they say, Behold, a man [that is] eating and wine-drinking, a friend of tax-gatherers, and of sinners: and wisdom has been justified by her children.

Mark 9:14And when he came to the disciples he saw a great crowd around them, and scribes disputing against them.

Luke 15:1And all the tax-gatherers and the sinners were coming near to him to hear him;

1 Corinthians 5:9I have written to you in the epistle not to mix with fornicators;

Hebrews 5:2being able to exercise forbearance towards the ignorant and erring, since he himself also is clothed with infirmity;

Matthew Henry on Matthew 9:10-14

Matthew Called. 9 And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him. 10 And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners came and sat down with him and his disciples. 11 And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners? 12 But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a… Read the whole commentary →

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