Matthew 9:11
“And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners?”
And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him.
And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners came and sat down with him and his disciples.
And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners?
But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick.
But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
Related Verses
“And when the scribes and Pharisees saw him eat with publicans and sinners, they said unto his disciples, How is it that he eateth and drinketh with publicans and sinners?”
“Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not?”
“And the disciples of John and of the Pharisees used to fast: and they come and say unto him, Why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast, but thy disciples fast not?”
“Then came his disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying?”
“And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?”