Matthew 9:11

Easy To Read Version

The Pharisees {\cf2\super [104]} saw that Jesus was eating with these people. The Pharisees asked Jesus’ followers, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and other bad people?”

Cross References

Isaiah 65:5

“But those people tell other people, ‘Don’t come near me! Don’t touch me until I make you clean.’ Those people are like smoke in my eyes. And their fire burns all the time.”

Matthew 11:19

The Son of Man {\cf2\super [142]} came eating \{like other people\} and drinking wine, and people say, ‘Look at him! He eats too much and drinks too much wine. He is a friend of tax collectors {\cf2\super [143]} and other bad people.’ But wisdom is shown to be right by the things it does.”

Matthew 5:46

If you love only the people that love you, then you will get no reward. Even the tax collectors {\cf2\super [72]} do that.

Matthew 9:10

Jesus ate dinner at Matthew’s house. Many tax collectors {\cf2\super [103]} and other bad people came and ate with Jesus and his followers.

Mark 2:16

The teachers of the law (they were Pharisees {\cf2\super [26]})saw Jesus eating with these tax collectors and other bad people. They asked Jesus’ followers, “Why does he (Jesus) eat with tax collectors and sinners?”

Luke 19:7

All the people saw this. They began to complain, “Look at the kind of man Jesus stays with. Zacchaeus is a sinner!”

Luke 5:30

But the Pharisees {\cf2\super [99]} and those men that taught the law for the Pharisees began to complain to the followers of Jesus, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and other bad people?”

Acts 11:3

They said, “You went into the homes of people that are not Jews and are not circumcised {\cf2\super [220]} ! You even ate with them!”

Galatians 2:15

We Jews were not born as non-Jews and sinners. We were born as Jews.

Hebrews 5:2

The high priest himself is weak \{like all people\}. So he is able to be gentle with those people who don’t understand and who are doing wrong things.