Mat 9:10-11, 21:31-32, Luk 5:29-30, 6:17, 15:1 | 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 Luke 7:29

f Luke 7:37-50

gSee ch. 12:28

h[ch. 3:8-12, 15; Prov. 8:20; 2 Pet. 2:21]

k[See ver. 29 above]

n ch. 15:2; Matt. 11:19

o[ver. 12; Matt. 5:1]

p Matt. 4:25; Mark 3:7, 8

qSee Matt. 11:21

rSee Matt. 11:19

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 21:31-32

31 Which of the two did the will of his father?” They said, “The first.” Jesus said to them, “Truly, I say to you, ^ethe tax collectors and ^fthe prostitutes go into ^gthe kingdom of God before you. 32 For John came to you ^hin the way of righteousness, and ⁱyou did not believe him, but ^jthe tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him. And even when you saw it, you did not afterward ^kchange your minds and believe him.

Luke 5:29-30

29 And Levi made him a great feast in his house, and there was a large company ^lof tax collectors and others reclining at table with them. 30 And the Pharisees and ^mtheir scribes grumbled at his disciples, saying, ⁿ“Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”

Luke 6:17

Jesus Ministers to a Great Multitude

17 And ^ohe came down with them and stood on a level place, with ^pa great crowd of his disciples and a great multitude of people from all Judea and Jerusalem and the seacoast of ^qTyre and Sidon,

Luke 15:1

The Parable of the Lost Sheep

1 Now ^rthe tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear him.