It happened, that he was reclining at the table in his house, and many tax collectors and sinners sat down with Yeshua and his talmidim, for there were many, and they followed him.
The scribes and the Perushim, when they saw that he was eating with the sinners and tax collectors, said to his talmidim, *Why is it that he eats and drinks with tax collectors and sinners?*
He came down with them, and stood on a level place, with a crowd of his talmidim, and a great number of the people from all Yehudah and Yerushalayim, and the sea coast of Tzor and Tzidon, who came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases;