Matthew 9:11
And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to his disciples, Why doth your teacher eat with the publicans and sinners?
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
12But when he heard that, he said, They who are well do not need a physician, but they who are sick.
Cross References
Matthew 11:19The Son of man came eating and drinking; and they say, Behold, a glutton and a wine-bibber, a friend of publicans and sinners! But wisdom is justified by her works.
Mark 9:14And coming to the disciples, they saw a great multitude about them, and scribes debating with them.
Luke 15:1And all the publicans and the sinners were drawing near to him, to hear him.
1 Corinthians 5:9I wrote to you in that letter, not to keep company with fornicators;
Hebrews 5:2being able to be forbearing toward the ignorant and the erring, since he himself also is compassed 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 →