Mat 9:10 | HCSB | STEP | While He was reclining at the table in the house , many tax collectors and sinners came as guests to eat with Jesus and His disciples .

b Mt 10:42; 28:19; Lk 14:26; Jn 8:31; 13:35; 15:8; Ac 6:1

Matthew 9:10

10 While He was reclining at the table in the house, many tax collectors and sinners came as guests to eat ^{▼▼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.} with Jesus and His disciples. ^b