Matthew 9:11
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And the Pharisees seeing it, said to his disciples: Why doth your master eat with publicans and sinners?

they said.

Mark 2:16 And the scribes and the Pharisees, seeing that he ate with publicans and sinners, said to his disciples: Why doth your master eat and drink with publicans and sinners?

Mark 9:14-16 And coming to his disciples he saw a great multitude about them and the scribes disputing with them. . . .

Why.

Matthew 11:19 The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say: Behold a man that is a glutton and a wine drinker, a friend of publicans and sinners. And wisdom is justified by her children.

Isaiah 65:5 That say: Depart from me, come not near me, because thou art unclean: these shall be smoke in my anger, a fire burning all the day.

Luke 5:30 But the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying to his disciples: Why do you eat and drink with publicans and sinners?

Luke 15:1,2 Now the publicans and sinners drew near unto him to hear him. . . .

Luke 19:7 And when all saw it, they murmured, saying, that he was gone to be a guest with a man that was a sinner.

1 Corinthians 5:9-11 I wrote to you in an epistle, not to keep company with fornicators. . . .

Galatians 2:15 We by nature are Jews: and not of the Gentiles, sinners.

Hebrews 5:2 Who can have compassion on them that are ignorant and that err: because he himself also is compassed with infirmity.

Context
The Calling of Matthew
10And it came to pass as he was sitting at meat in the house, behold many publicans and sinners came, and sat down with Jesus and his disciples. 11And the Pharisees seeing it, said to his disciples: Why doth your master eat with publicans and sinners? 12But Jesus hearing it, said: They that are in health need not a physician, but they that are ill.…
Cross References
Isaiah 65:5
That say: Depart from me, come not near me, because thou art unclean: these shall be smoke in my anger, a fire burning all the day.

Matthew 5:46
For if you love them that love you, what reward shall you have? do not even the publicans this?

Matthew 9:10
And it came to pass as he was sitting at meat in the house, behold many publicans and sinners came, and sat down with Jesus and his disciples.

Matthew 11:19
The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say: Behold a man that is a glutton and a wine drinker, a friend of publicans and sinners. And wisdom is justified by her children.

Mark 2:16
And the scribes and the Pharisees, seeing that he ate with publicans and sinners, said to his disciples: Why doth your master eat and drink with publicans and sinners?

Luke 5:30
But the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying to his disciples: Why do you eat and drink with publicans and sinners?

Luke 15:2
And the Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying: This man receiveth sinners and eateth with them.

Acts 11:3
Saying: Why didst thou go in to men uncircumcised and didst eat with them?

Lexicon
When
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

the
οἱ (hoi)
Article - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

Pharisees
Φαρισαῖοι (Pharisaioi)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 5330: Of Hebrew origin; a separatist, i.e. Exclusively religious; a Pharisean, i.e. Jewish sectary.

saw this,
ἰδόντες (idontes)
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 3708: Properly, to stare at, i.e. to discern clearly; by extension, to attend to; by Hebraism, to experience; passively, to appear.

they asked
ἔλεγον (elegon)
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 2036: Answer, bid, bring word, command. A primary verb; to speak or say.

His
αὐτοῦ (autou)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

disciples,
μαθηταῖς (mathētais)
Noun - Dative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 3101: A learner, disciple, pupil. From manthano; a learner, i.e. Pupil.

“Why
Διὰ (Dia)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 1223: A primary preposition denoting the channel of an act; through.

{does} your
ὑμῶν (hymōn)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.

Teacher
διδάσκαλος (didaskalos)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 1320: A teacher, master. From didasko; an instructor.

eat
ἐσθίει (esthiei)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 2068: Strengthened for a primary edo; used only in certain tenses, the rest being supplied by phago; to eat.

with
μετὰ (meta)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 3326: (a) gen: with, in company with, (b) acc: (1) behind, beyond, after, of place, (2) after, of time, with nouns, neut. of adjectives.

tax collectors
τελωνῶν (telōnōn)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 5057: A publican, collector of taxes. From telos and oneomai; a tax-farmer, i.e. Collector of public revenue.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

sinners?”
ἁμαρτωλῶν (hamartōlōn)
Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 268: Sinning, sinful, depraved, detestable. From hamartano; sinful, i.e. A sinner.


Additional Translations
When the Pharisees saw this, they asked His disciples, “Why does your Teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”

And having seen it, the Pharisees said to His disciples, "Why does your Teacher eat with the tax collectors and sinners?"

And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to his disciples, Why eats your Master with publicans and sinners?

And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your Teacher with the publicans and sinners?

And the Pharisees seeing [it], said to his disciples, Why does your teacher eat with tax-gatherers and sinners?

And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your Master with the publicans and sinners?

And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to his disciples, Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners?

The Pharisees noticed this, and they inquired of His disciples, "Why does your Teacher eat with the tax-gatherers and notorious sinners?"

When the Pharisees saw it, they said to his disciples, "Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?"

and the Pharisees having seen, said to his disciples, 'Wherefore with the tax-gatherers and sinners doth your teacher eat?'
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