KJV King James Version
And when the Pharisees saw [it], they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners?
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Matthew 9:11
And when the Pharisees saw [it], they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners?
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
When the Pharisees saw this, they asked His disciples, “Why does your Teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
WEB World English Bible
When the Pharisees saw it, they said to his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
ASV American Standard Version
And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your Teacher with the publicans and sinners?
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and the Pharisees having seen, said to his disciples, ‘Wherefore with the tax-gatherers and sinners doth your teacher eat?’
Surrounding context — Matthew 9
8 But when the multitudes saw [it], they marvelled, and glorified God, which had given such power unto men.
9 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.
10 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.
11 And when the Pharisees saw [it], they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners?
12 But when Jesus heard [that], he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick.
13 But 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.
14 Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not?
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καὶG2532 · kaiandἰδόντεςG1492 · eidōto perceive: understandοἱG3588 · hothe/this/whoΦαρισαῖοιG5330 · PharisaiosPhariseeἔλεγονG3004 · legōto sayτοῖςG3588 · hothe/this/whoμαθηταῖςG3101 · mathētēsdiscipleαὐτοῦ·G846 · autosit/s/heδιὰG1223 · diathrough/because ofτίG5101 · tiswhich?μετὰG3326 · metawith/afterτῶνG3588 · hothe/this/whoτελωνῶνG5057 · telōnēstax collectorκαὶG2532 · kaiandἁμαρτωλῶνG268 · hamartōlossinfulἐσθίειG2068 · esthiōto eatὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoδιδάσκαλοςG1320 · didaskalosteacherὑμῶν;G4771 · suyou
Cross-references
Matthew 11:19The 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 5:30But their scribes and Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with publicans and sinners?Mark 2:16And 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?Luke 15:1-2Then drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for to hear him.1 Corinthians 5:9-11I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators:Galatians 2:15We [who are] Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles,Hebrews 5:2Who can have compassion on the ignorant, and on them that are out of the way; for that he himself also is compassed with infirmity.Isaiah 65:5Which 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.Luke 19:7And when they saw [it], they all murmured, saying, That he was gone to be guest with a man that is a sinner.2 John 1:10If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into [your] house, neither bid him God speed:Mark 9:14-16And when he came to [his] disciples, he saw a great multitude about them, and the scribes questioning with them.
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