Parallel Verses

A Conservative Version

And it came to pass while he relaxed in the house, and behold, many tax collectors and sinners having come, they were sitting with Jesus and his disciples.

New American Standard Bible

Then it happened that as Jesus was reclining at the table in the house, behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and were dining with Jesus and His disciples.

King James Version

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.

Holman Bible

While He was reclining at the table in the house, many tax collectors and sinners came as guests to eat with Jesus and His disciples.

International Standard Version

While he was having dinner at Matthew's home, many tax collectors and sinners arrived and began eating with Jesus and his disciples.

American Standard Version

And it came to pass, as he sat at meat in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners came and sat down with Jesus and his disciples.

Amplified

Then as Jesus was reclining at the table in Matthew’s house, many tax collectors and sinners [including non-observant Jews] came and ate with Him and His disciples.

An Understandable Version

And so it happened, as Jesus was having a meal at Matthew's house, a number of [other] tax collectors and worldly people came to sit down with Him and His disciples.

Anderson New Testament

And it came to pass that, while Jesus was reclining at table in his house, behold, many publicans and sinners came and reclined at table with him and his disciples.

Bible in Basic English

And it came about, when he was in the house taking food, that a number of tax-farmers and sinners came and took their places with Jesus and his disciples.

Common New Testament

And as Jesus sat at table in the house, behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and sat down with him and his disciples.

Daniel Mace New Testament

and while Jesus was at table in Matthew's house, several publicans and loose people happen'd to come in, who sat down with him and his disciples.

Darby Translation

And it came to pass, as he lay at table in the house, that behold, many tax-gatherers and sinners came and lay at table with Jesus and his disciples.

Godbey New Testament

And it came to pass, He was sitting at the table in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners, having come were sitting along with Jesus and His disciples.

Goodspeed New Testament

While Jesus was at home at table, a number of tax-collectors and irreligious people came in and joined Jesus and his disciples at table.

John Wesley New Testament

And as Jesus sat at table in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners came, and sat down with him and his disciples.

Julia Smith Translation

And it was he sitting at table in the house, and behold, many tax collectors and sinful, having come, sat at table with Jesus and his disciples.

King James 2000

And it came to pass, as Jesus sat to eat in the house, behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and sat down with him and his disciples.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And it happened [as] he {was dining} in the house, behold, many tax collectors and sinners were coming [and] {dining} with Jesus and his disciples.

Modern King James verseion

And it happened as Jesus reclined in the house, behold, many tax-collectors and sinners came and were reclining with Him and His disciples.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And it came to pass, as he sat at meat in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners came and sat down also with Jesus, and his disciples.

Moffatt New Testament

Jesus was at table indoors, and many taxgatherers and sinners had come to be guests with him and his disciples.

Montgomery New Testament

And he rose and followed him. And while he was at table in Matthew's house, there came many tax-gatherers and sinners, and they dined with Jesus and his disciples.

NET Bible

As Jesus was having a meal in Matthew's house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with Jesus and his disciples.

New Heart English Bible

And it happened as he sat in the house, it happened that many tax collectors and sinners came and sat down with Jesus and his disciples.

Noyes New Testament

And it came to pass, as he was reclining at table in the house, lo! many publicans and sinners came and reclined with Jesus and his disciples.

Sawyer New Testament

And he was reclining in the house, and behold, many publicans and sinners came and reclined with Jesus and his disciples.

The Emphasized Bible

And it came to pass, as he was reclining in the house, that 1o! many tax-collectors and sinners, came, and were reclining together with Jesus and his disciples.

Thomas Haweis New Testament

And 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.

Twentieth Century New Testament

And, later on, when he was at table in the house, a number of tax-gatherers and outcasts came in and took their places at table with Jesus and his disciples.

Webster

And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at table in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners came and sat down with him and his disciples.

Weymouth New Testament

And while He was reclining at table, a large number of tax-gathers and notorious sinners were of the party with Jesus and His disciples.

Williams New Testament

While He was at table in the house many tax-collectors and notorious sinners came in and took their seats at table with Jesus and His disciples.

World English Bible

It happened as he sat in the house, behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and sat down with Jesus and his disciples.

Worrell New Testament

And it came to pass, as He was reclining at table in the house, behold, many tax-collectors and sinners, having come, were reclining with Jesus and His disciples.

Worsley New Testament

And as He was sitting at table in the house of Matthew, behold, several publicans and notorious sinners came and sat down with Jesus and his disciples.

Youngs Literal Translation

And 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,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And

and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0

it came to pass
γίνομαι 
Ginomai 
be, come to pass, be made, be done, come, become, God forbid , arise, have, be fulfilled, be married to, be preferred, not tr, , vr done
Usage: 531

as
ἀνακεῖμαι 
Anakeimai 
sit at meat, guests, sit, sit down, be set down, lie, lean, at the table
Usage: 10


Usage: 0

sat at meat
ἀνακεῖμαι 
Anakeimai 
sit at meat, guests, sit, sit down, be set down, lie, lean, at the table
Usage: 10

in
ἐν 
En 
in, by, with, among, at, on, through,
Usage: 2128

the house
οἰκία 
Oikia 
Usage: 46

ἰδού 
Idou 
behold, lo, see
Usage: 140

πολύς πολλός 
Polus 
Usage: 292

τελώνης 
Telones 
Usage: 12

and



and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0
Usage: 0

ἁμαρτωλός 
Hamartolos 
Usage: 31

came and
ἔρχομαι 
Erchomai 
come, go, , vr come
Usage: 424

sat down with
συνανάκειμαι 
sunanakeimai 
sit at meat with, sit with, sit together with, sit down with, sit at table with
Usage: 8

him
Ἰησοῦς 
Iesous 
Usage: 969

his

Usage: 0

References

Easton

Fausets

Context Readings

Matthew Called To Follow Jesus

9 And passing forth from there, Jesus saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax office. And he says to him, Follow me. And after rising, he followed him. 10 And it came to pass while he relaxed in the house, and behold, many tax collectors and sinners having come, they were sitting with Jesus and his disciples. 11 And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to his disciples, Why does your teacher eat with the tax collectors and sinners?

Cross References

Matthew 5:46-47

For if ye love those who love you, what reward have ye? Do not even the tax collectors the same?

Mark 2:15-17

And it came to pass, while he was dining in his house, that many tax collectors and sinners were dining with Jesus and his disciples, for there were many, and they followed him.

Luke 5:29-32

And Levi made a great feast for him in his house, and there was a large crowd of tax collectors and others who were relaxing with them.

John 9:31

And we know that God does not listen to sinners, but if any man is a worshiper of God, and does his will, he listens to this man.

1 Timothy 1:13-16

the man who was formerly blasphemous, and a persecutor, and an aggressor. But I obtained mercy because I did it being ignorant in unbelief.

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