Matthew 9:11

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

Cross References

Isaiah 65:5

They tell others, “Keep your distance! Don't come close to me as I'm too holy to be touched by you!” These people are like smoke in my nostrils, a stink burning all day long!

Matthew 11:19

On the other hand the Son of man came and did feast and drink, and people say, ‘Look, he's greedy and drinks too much; he's a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ But wisdom is shown to be right by what it does…”

Matthew 5:46

For if you only love those who love you, what reward do you have? Don't even the tax collectors do that?

Matthew 9:10

While Jesus was eating at Matthew's home, many tax collectors and sinners came and sat down at the table with Jesus and his disciples.

Mark 2:16

When the religious leaders of the Pharisees saw Jesus eating with such people, they asked Jesus' disciples, “Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?”

Luke 19:7

When the people saw this they all complained, “He's gone to stay with such a sinner!”

Luke 5:30

“Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”

Acts 11:3

“You went into the homes of uncircumcised men, and ate with them,” they said.

Galatians 2:15

We may be Jews by birth, and not ‘sinners’ like the foreigners,

Hebrews 5:2

The high priest understands how ignorant and deluded people feel because he also experiences the same kind of human weaknesses.

2 John 1:10

If people come to you and don't show evidence of Christ's teaching, don't take them in, don't welcome them—