Matthew 9:10-11
9:10 As
Jesus
was having a meal
in Matthew’s
house, many tax collectors
and sinners came and ate with Jesus and his disciples.
9:11 When the Pharisees
saw this they said to his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
Luke 15:1-2
The Parable of the Lost Sheep and Coin
15:1 Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming to hear him.
15:2 But the Pharisees and the experts in the law were complaining, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.”
Luke 19:7
19:7 And when the people
saw it, they all complained,
“He has gone in to be the guest of a man who is a sinner.”