1 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the implied contrast present in this context.
2 sn See the note on Pharisees in 5:17.
3 tn Or “and their scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 5:21.
4 tn Or “grumbled”; a term often used in the OT for inappropriate grumbling: Exod 15:24; 16:7-8; Num 14:2, 26-35; 16:11.
5 sn The issue here is inappropriate associations (eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners) and the accusation comes not against Jesus, but his disciples.
6 tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.
7 tn Grk “eating and drinking the things from them” (an idiom for what the people in the house provide the guests).
8 sn On the phrase the worker deserves his pay see 1 Tim 5:18 and 1 Cor 9:14.