Matthew 9:11

and the Pharisees having seen, said to his disciples, 'Wherefore with the tax-gatherers and sinners doth your teacher eat?'

Young's Literal 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, he reclining (at meat) in the house, that lo, many tax-gatherers and sinners having come, were lying (at meat) with Jesus and his disciples,

12And Jesus having heard, said to them, 'They who are whole have no need of a physician, but they who are ill;

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Cross References

Matthew 11:19the Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, Lo, a man, a glutton, and a wine-drinker, a friend of tax-gatherers and sinners, and wisdom was justified of her children.'

Mark 9:14And having come unto the disciples, he saw a great multitude about them, and scribes questioning with them,

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

1 Corinthians 5:9I did write to you in the epistle, not to keep company with whoremongers —

Hebrews 5:2able to be gentle to those ignorant and going astray, since 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 →

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