Matthew 9:11
9 As Jesus went on from there, He saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax booth. “Follow Me,” He told him, and Matthew got up and followed Him.
10 Later, as Jesus was dining at Matthew’s house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with Him and His disciples.
When the Pharisees saw this, they asked His disciples, “Why does your Teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
12 On hearing this, Jesus said, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.
13 But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- When the Pharisees saw this, they asked His disciples, “Why does your Teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
- KJV
- And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners?
- WEB
- When the Pharisees saw it, they said to his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
- ASV
- And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your Teacher with the publicans and sinners?
- DARBY
- And the Pharisees seeing [it], said to his disciples, Why does your teacher eat with tax-gatherers and sinners?
- BLB
- And having seen, the Pharisees were saying to His disciples, “Why does your⁺ Teacher eat with the tax collectors and sinners?”
- ÅB
- Og da fariseerne så det sa de til disiplene hans: «Hvorfor spiser mesteren deres med tollere og syndere?»
- OTB
- Da fariseerne så dette, spurte de hans disipler: "Hvorfor deler deres lærer måltider med tollere og syndere?"
- B1930
- Og da fariseerne så det, sa de til hans disipler: Hvorfor eter eders mester med toldere og syndere?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Matthew 11:19
The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Look at this glutton and drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ But wisdom is vindicated by her actions.”
Read in contextLuke 5:30
But the Pharisees and their scribes complained to Jesus’ disciples, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”
Read in contextLuke 15:1–2
Now all the tax collectors and sinners were gathering around to listen to Jesus.
Read in contextMark 2:16
When the scribes who were Pharisees saw Jesus eating with these people, they asked His disciples, “Why does He eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
Read in context1 Corinthians 5:9–11
I wrote you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people.
Read in contextGalatians 2:15
We who are Jews by birth and not Gentile “sinners”
Read in contextHebrews 5:2
He is able to deal gently with those who are ignorant and misguided, since he himself is beset by weakness.
Read in contextIsaiah 65:5
They say, ‘Keep to yourself; do not come near me, for I am holier than you!’ Such people are smoke in My nostrils, a fire that burns all day long.
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