Matthew 9:11 · KJV
“And when the Pharisees saw {it}, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners?”
— Matthew 9:11
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.
But when Jesus heard {that}, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick.
Matthew 9 — Context
And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him.
10And 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.
11And when the Pharisees saw {it}, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners?
12But when Jesus heard {that}, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick.
13But go ye and learn what {that} meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
Cross References
Matthew 11:19
The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified of her children.
Luke 5:30
But their scribes and Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with publicans and sinners?
Luke 15:1-2
Then drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for to hear him.
Mark 2:16
And when the scribes and Pharisees saw him eat with publicans and sinners, they said unto his disciples, How is it that he eateth and drinketh with publicans and sinners?
1 Corinthians 5:9-11
I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators:
Hebrews 5:2
Who can have compassion on the ignorant, and on them that are out of the way; for that he himself also is compassed with infirmity. {can...: or, can reasonably bear with}
Galatians 2:15
We {who are} Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles,
Isaiah 65:5
Which say, Stand by thyself, come not near to me; for I am holier than thou. These {are} a smoke in my nose, a fire that burneth all the day. {nose: or, anger}