Matthew 9:11
When the Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples, “Why is your teacher eating with tax collectors and sinners?”
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In Context
12When Jesus heard this, he said to them, “It is not the healthy who need a physician, but the sick.
Cross References
Matthew 11:19The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Behold, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ Yet wisdom is vindicated by her children.”
Mark 9:14When Jesus came back to the other disciples, he saw a large crowd around them, and some scribes arguing with them.
Luke 15:1Now all the tax collectors and sinners were drawing near to Jesus to listen to him.
1 Corinthians 5:9I wrote to you in my letter not to associate with fornicators.
Hebrews 5:2He is able to deal gently with those who are ignorant and going astray, since he himself is subject to weakness.
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 →