Matthew 9:11

KJV1611 – Modern English

And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to his disciples, Why does your Master eat with tax collectors and sinners?

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  • Luke 5:30 : 30 But their scribes and Pharisees complained against his disciples, saying, Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?
  • Matt 11:19 : 19 The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners. But wisdom is justified by her children.
  • Mark 2:16 : 16 And when the scribes and Pharisees saw him eating with tax collectors and sinners, they said to his disciples, How is it that he eats and drinks with tax collectors and sinners?
  • Luke 15:1-2 : 1 Then all the tax collectors and sinners drew near to him to hear him. 2 And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receives sinners and eats with them.
  • 1 Cor 5:9-9 : 9 I wrote to you in a letter not to associate with sexually immoral people. 10 Yet not entirely with the sexually immoral of this world, or with the greedy, or extortioners, or idolaters, since then you would need to go out of the world. 11 But now I have written to you not to keep company with anyone who is called a brother if he is sexually immoral, or greedy, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or an extortioner—not even to eat with such a person.
  • Gal 2:15 : 15 We who are Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles,
  • Heb 5:2 : 2 He can have compassion on the ignorant and on those who are straying, since he himself is also surrounded with weakness.
  • 2 John 1:10 : 10 If anyone comes to you and does not bring this doctrine, do not receive him into your house nor greet him.
  • Luke 19:7 : 7 And when they saw it, they all murmured, saying, He has gone to be a guest with a man who is a sinner.
  • Mark 9:14-16 : 14 And when he came to his disciples, he saw a great multitude around them and the scribes disputing with them. 15 Immediately, when all the people saw him, they were greatly amazed, and running to him, greeted him. 16 And he asked the scribes, What are you questioning with them?
  • Isa 65:5 : 5 Who say, 'Keep to yourself, do not come near me, for I am holier than you.' These are smoke in my nostrils, a fire that burns all day long.

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    16And when the scribes and Pharisees saw him eating with tax collectors and sinners, they said to his disciples, How is it that he eats and drinks with tax collectors and sinners?

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    1Then all the tax collectors and sinners drew near to him to hear him.

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