NET Bible
"When the Pharisees saw this they said to his disciples,“Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”"
— Matthew 9:11, NET Bible
“And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners?”
“And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your Teacher with the publicans and sinners? ”
“When the Pharisees saw it, they said to his disciples, "Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?"”
“And the Pharisees seeing it, said to his disciples: Why doth your master eat with publicans and sinners?”
“And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to his disciples, Why does your Master take food with tax-farmers and sinners?”
“And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners?”
When the crowd saw this, they were afraid and honored God who had given such authority to men.
The Call of Matthew; Eating with Sinners As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax booth.“Follow me,” he said to him. So he got up and followed him.
As Jesus was having a meal in Matthew’s house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with Jesus and his disciples.
When the Pharisees saw this they said to his disciples,“Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
When Jesus heard this he said,“Those who are healthy don’t need a physician, but those who are sick do.
Go and learn what this saying means:‘I want mercy and not sacrifice.’ For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
The Superiority of the New Then John’s disciples came to Jesus and asked,“Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples don’t fast?”