The people sitting at the table began to think to themselves, “Who does this man think he is? How can he forgive sins?”
“Why does this man say things like that? What an insult to God! No one but God can forgive sins.”
Some of the teachers of the law heard what Jesus said. They said to themselves, “What an insult to God for this man to say that!”
Jesus ate dinner at Matthew’s house. Many tax collectors and others with bad reputations came and ate with him and his followers.