Matthew 9:11

And the Pharisees observing it, said to his disciples, How is this, that your Master eateth with publicans and sinners?

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

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 sat in his house, many tax-gatherers and sinners came, and sat down at table with Jesus and his disciples.

12But Jesus hearing it, said unto them, They who are in the vigour of health have no need of the physician, but they who have illness.

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Cross References

Matthew 11:19the Son of man is come eating and drinking, and they say, Behold, what a man! a glutton and a wine-bibber, a friend of publicans and sinners: though wisdom hath been justified by her children.

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

Luke 15:1THEN drew nigh unto him all the tax-farmers and the sinners to hear him.

1 Corinthians 5:9I have written unto you in an epistle that you should not associate with fornicators.

Hebrews 5:2being able to feel tenderly for the ignorant and erroneous; forasmuch as he is himself encompassed 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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