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An Understandable Version

And when the Pharisees saw this they said to His disciples, "Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and worldly people?"

New American Standard Bible

When the Pharisees saw this, they said to His disciples, “Why is your Teacher eating with the tax collectors and sinners?”

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

When the Pharisees saw this, they asked His disciples, “Why does your Teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”

International Standard Version

The Pharisees saw this and asked his disciples, "Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?"

A Conservative Version

And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to his disciples, Why does your teacher eat with the tax collectors and sinners?

American Standard Version

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

Amplified

When the Pharisees saw this, they asked His disciples, “Why does your Master eat with tax collectors and sinners?”

Anderson New Testament

And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to his disciples: "Why does your teacher eat with publicans and sinners?

Bible in Basic English

And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to his disciples, Why does your Master take food with tax-farmers and sinners?

Common New Testament

And when the Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples, "Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?"

Daniel Mace New Testament

which the Pharisees observing, why, said they to his disciples, is your master so familiar with publicans and such loose people?

Darby Translation

And the Pharisees seeing it, said to his disciples, Why does your teacher eat with tax-gatherers and sinners?

Godbey New Testament

And the Pharisees seeing, said to His disciples, Wherefore does your teacher eat with publicans and sinners?

Goodspeed New Testament

And the Pharisees observed it, and they said to his disciples, "Why does your master eat with tax-collectors and irreligious people?"

John Wesley New Testament

And the Pharisees seeing it, said to his disciples, Why eateth your master with publicans and sinners?

Julia Smith Translation

And the Pharisees, seeing, said to his disciples, Wherefore does your teacher eat with tax collectors and the sinful?

King James 2000

And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why does your Teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?

Lexham Expanded Bible

And [when they] saw [it], the Pharisees began to say to his disciples, "Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?"

Modern King James verseion

And when the Pharisees saw, they said to His disciples, Why does your master eat with tax-collectors and sinners?

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

When the Pharisees saw that, they said unto his disciples, "Why eateth your master with publicans and sinners?"

Moffatt New Testament

So when the Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples, "Why does your teacher eat with taxgatherers and sinners?"

Montgomery New Testament

When the Pharisees saw it, they kept saying to his disciples, "Why does your Teacher eat with the tax-gatherers and sinners?"

NET Bible

When the Pharisees saw this they said to his disciples, "Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?"

New Heart English Bible

And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to his disciples, "Why does your Teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?"

Noyes New Testament

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

Sawyer New Testament

And when the Pharisees saw them they said to his disciples, Why does your teacher eat with publicans and sinners?

The Emphasized Bible

And, the Pharisees, observing it, began to say unto his disciples, - Wherefore, with tax-collectors and sinners, doth your Teacher eat?

Thomas Haweis New Testament

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

Twentieth Century New Testament

When the Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples: "Why does your Teacher eat in the company of tax-gatherers and outcasts?"

Webster

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

Weymouth New Testament

The Pharisees noticed this, and they inquired of His disciples, "Why does your Teacher eat with the tax-gatherers and notorious sinners?"

Williams New Testament

And when the Pharisees saw this, they said to His disciples, "Why does your Teacher eat with tax-collectors and notorious sinners?"

World English Bible

When the Pharisees saw it, they said to his disciples, "Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?"

Worrell New Testament

And the Pharisees, seeing it, said to His disciples, Why is your Teacher eating with the tax-collectors and sinners?"

Worsley New Testament

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

Youngs Literal Translation

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

Interlinear

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

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

εἴδω 
Eido 
Usage: 519

the Pharisees
Φαρισαῖος 
Pharisaios 
Usage: 80

saw
εἴδω 
Eido 
Usage: 519

it, they said
ἔπω 
Epo 
say, speak, tell, command, bid, , vr say
Usage: 824

μαθητής 
Mathetes 
Usage: 254

his

Usage: 0

μαθητής 
Mathetes 
Usage: 254

Why
τίς 
Tis 
Usage: 344

ἐσθίω 
Esthio 
Usage: 52

ὑμῶν 
Humon 
your, you, ye, yours, not tr.,
Usage: 371

διδάσκαλος 
Didaskalos 
Usage: 48

with
μετά 
meta 
with, after, among, hereafter , afterward , against, not tr,
Usage: 346

τελώνης 
Telones 
Usage: 12

and

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

Context Readings

Matthew Called To Follow Jesus

10 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. 11 And when the Pharisees saw this they said to His disciples, "Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and worldly people?" 12 When Jesus heard this, He said, "People who are healthy do not need a doctor; but [only] sick people do.

Cross References

Matthew 11:19

[Then] the Son of man came eating and drinking [at festive occasions] and they said, 'Look, He is a glutton and a drunkard and a friend of tax collectors and worldly people.' It proves that [God's] wise counsel is right by the way things turn out."

Luke 5:30

Now the Pharisees and their experts in the law of Moses complained to Jesus' disciples, saying, "Why do you men eat and drink with tax collectors and worldly people?"

Mark 2:16

And when the experts in the law of Moses, being Pharisees [i.e., a strict sect of the Jewish religion], saw that He was eating with tax collectors and worldly people, they said to His disciples, "Why does Jesus eat and drink with tax collectors and worldly people?"

Galatians 2:15

Although we are Jews by natural birth, and not sinful Gentiles [who do not have a relationship with God],

Mark 9:14-16

And when Peter, James and John [See verse 2] returned to [the rest of] the disciples, they saw a large crowd gathered around them, and the experts in the law of Moses disputing with them.

Luke 15:1-2

Now the tax collectors and worldly people were all gathering around Jesus to listen to Him.

Luke 19:7

And when the crowd saw this, they began complaining [i.e., because Zacchaeus was a despised tax collector] and said, "He is going to lodge with a sinful man."

1 Corinthians 5:9-11

I wrote you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people.

Hebrews 5:2

He is able to gently put up with ignorant and wayward people because he himself is subject to [the same spiritual] weaknesses.

2 John 1:10

If anyone comes to you [i.e., to your meetings] who does not bring this teaching [about Christ], you should not welcome him into your home or give him [any] greetings [i.e., suggesting approval or endorsement].

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