Mat 9:10-11, 13, 11:19 | ESV | STEP | And as Jesus reclined at table in the house , behold , many tax collectors and sinners came and were reclining with Jesus and his disciples .

b ch. 11:19; See ch. 5:46

c[Luke 15:2]

d[See ver. 10 above]

e ch. 12:7

fCited from Hos. 6:6; [ch. 23:23; Mark 12:33]

g[Luke 15:7; John 9:39]

h 1 Tim. 1:15

i ch. 9:10; Luke 7:36; 14:1; John 2:1; 12:2

j ch. 9:11; Luke 15:2; 19:7

k ch. 18:17

Matthew 9:10-11

10 And as Jesus ^{▼▼Greek he} reclined at table in the house, behold, many ^btax collectors and sinners came and were reclining with Jesus and his disciples. 11 And when the Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples, ^c“Why does your teacher eat with ^dtax collectors and sinners?”

Matthew 9:13

13 Go and learn ^ewhat this means: ^f‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.’ For ^gI came not to call the righteous, ^hbut sinners.”

Matthew 11:19

19 The Son of Man came ⁱeating and drinking, and they say, ‘Look at him! A glutton and a drunkard, ^ja friend of ^ktax collectors and sinners!’ Yet wisdom is justified by her deeds.” ^{▼▼Some manuscripts children (compare Luke 7:35)}