10 While He was reclining at the table in the house, many tax collectors and sinners came as guests to eat[a] with Jesus and His disciples.(A) 11 When the Pharisees saw this, they asked His disciples, “Why does your Teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 9:10 Lit came, they were reclining (at the table); at important meals the custom was to recline on a mat at a low table and lean on the left elbow.

And the Pharisees and scribes were complaining, “This man welcomes sinners(A) and eats with them!”

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All who saw it began to complain,(A) “He’s gone to lodge with a sinful man!”

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