Matthew 9:11

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Summary

Matthew 9:11

And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners?

They said

Mark 2:16

Mark 9:14

Why

General references

Mark 2:15

Luke 15:1

Bible References

They said

And the scribes of the Pharisees, when they saw that he was eating with the sinners and publicans, said unto his disciples, How is it that he eateth and drinketh with publicans and sinners?

And when they came to the disciples, they saw a great multitude about them, and scribes questioning with them.

Why

The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold, a gluttonous man and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners! And wisdom is justified by her works.

that say, Stand by thyself, come not near to me, for I am holier than thou. These are a smoke in my nose, a fire that burneth all the day.

And the Pharisees and their scribes murmured against his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with the publicans and sinners?

Now all the publicans and sinners were drawing near unto him to hear him.

And when they saw it, they all murmured, saying, He is gone in to lodge with a man that is a sinner.

I wrote unto you in my epistle to have no company with fornicators;

We being Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles,

who can bear gently with the ignorant and erring, for that he himself also is compassed with infirmity;

If any one cometh unto you, and bringeth not this teaching, receive him not into your house, and give him no greeting:

General references

And it came to pass, that he was sitting at meat in his house, and many publicans and sinners sat down with Jesus and his disciples: for there were many, and they followed him.

Now all the publicans and sinners were drawing near unto him to hear him.