Matthew 9:11

And when the Pharisees saw it they said to his disciples, Why doth your Rabbi eat with publicans and sinners?

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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 as they were reclining in a house, many publicans an sinners came and reclined with Jesus and his disciples.

12And as Jesus heard it, he said to them: They who are in health have no need of a physician, but they that are very sick.

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Cross References

Matthew 11:19The Son of man came, eating and drinking; and they say: Behold, a gluttonous man, and a wine drinker, and a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified by her works.

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

Luke 15:1And publicans and sinners came to him, to hear him.

1 Corinthians 5:9I wrote to you by letter, not to commingle with whoremongers.

Hebrews 5:2and he can humble himself, and sympathize with the ignorant and the erring, because he 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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