Mat 9:10-11, Luk 15:1-2, 19:7 | 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]

eSee Matt. 11:19

f ch. 19:7; [Ex. 16:2, 7, 8; Num. 14:2; Josh. 9:18]

g[ch. 7:39]

h ch. 5:30; Matt. 9:11; 11:19; Mark 2:16; [Acts 11:3; 1 Cor. 5:11; Gal. 2:12]

iSee ch. 15:2

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?”

Luke 15:1-2

The Parable of the Lost Sheep

1 Now ^ethe tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear him. 2 And the Pharisees and the scribes ^fgrumbled, saying, ^g“This man receives sinners and ^heats with them.”

Luke 19:7

7 And when they saw it, they all ⁱgrumbled, “He has gone in to be the guest of a man who is a sinner.”