And the scribes of[1] the Pharisees, when they saw that he was eating with sinners and tax collectors, said to his disciples, "Why does he eat[2] with tax collectors and sinners?"
The Pharisee, standing by himself, prayed[1] thus: 'God, I thank you that I am not like other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.
Then a great clamor arose, and some of the scribes of the Pharisees' party stood up and contended sharply, "We find nothing wrong in this man. What if a spirit or an angel spoke to him?"
If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. And if he refuses to listen even to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector.
And as he reclined at table in his house, many tax collectors and sinners were reclining with Jesus and his disciples, for there were many who followed him.