And when the Pharisees saw, they said to His disciples, Why does your master eat with tax-collectors and sinners?
Matthew 9:10 - Modern King James Version And it happened as Jesus reclined in the house, behold, many tax-collectors and sinners came and were reclining with Him and His disciples. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners came and sat down with him and his disciples. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And as Jesus reclined at table in the house, behold, many tax collectors and [especially wicked] sinners came and sat (reclined) with Him and His disciples. American Standard Version (1901) And it came to pass, as he sat at meat in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners came and sat down with Jesus and his disciples. Common English Bible As Jesus sat down to eat in Matthew’s house, many tax collectors and sinners joined Jesus and his disciples at the table. Catholic Public Domain Version And it happened that, as he was sitting down to eat in the house, behold, many tax collectors and sinners arrived, and they sat down to eat with Jesus and his disciples. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And it came to pass as he was sitting at meat in the house, behold many publicans and sinners came, and sat down with Jesus and his disciples. |
And when the Pharisees saw, they said to His disciples, Why does your master eat with tax-collectors and sinners?
And as Jesus passed on from there, He saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax-office. And He said to him, Follow Me! And he arose and followed Him.
But we know that God does not hear sinners, but if anyone is God-fearing and does His will, He hears him.