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Matthew 9:11
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Matthew the Tax Collector

9 aAs Jesus passed on from there, He saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax office. And He said to him, “Follow Me.” So he arose and followed Him.  
10 aNow it happened, as Jesus sat at the table in the house, that behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and sat down with Him and His disciples.  
11 And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to His disciples, “Why does your Teacher eat with atax collectors and bsinners?”  
12 When Jesus heard that, He said to them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick.
13 But go and learn what this means: a‘I desire mercy and not sacrifice.’ For I did not come to call the righteous, bbut sinners, to repentance.”  

Jesus Is Questioned About Fasting

14 Then the disciples of John came to Him, saying, a“Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but Your disciples do not fast?”  
15 And Jesus said to them, “Can athe friends of the bridegroom mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and bthen they will fast.  
Verse Comparison: Matthew 9:11

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

Amplified® Bible
And when the Pharisees saw this, they said to His disciples, Why does your Master eat with tax collectors and those [preeminently] sinful?

Contemporary English Version
Some Pharisees asked Jesus' disciples, "Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and other sinners?"

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

Good News Bible
Some Pharisees saw this and asked his disciples, "Why does your teacher eat with such people?"

International Standard Version
The Pharisees saw this and said to his disciples, "Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?"

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

New American Standard Bible
When the Pharisees saw {this,} they said to His disciples, "Why is your Teacher eating with the tax collectors and sinners?"

New International Version
When the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples, "Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and 'sinners'?"

New King James Version
And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to His disciples, "Why does your Teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?"

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
When the Pharisees saw this they said to His disciples, "Why does your Teacher eat with the tax collectors and sinners?"

Revised Standard Version
And when the Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples, "Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?"

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


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