Matthew 9:10

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

As Jesus was having a meal in Matthew’s house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with Jesus and his disciples.

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  • Matt 5:46-47 : 46 For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Even the tax collectors do the same, don’t they? 47 And if you only greet your brothers, what more do you do? Even the Gentiles do the same, don’t they?
  • Mark 2:15-17 : 15 As Jesus was having a meal in Levi’s home, many tax collectors and sinners were eating with Jesus and his disciples, for there were many who followed him. 16 When the experts in the law and the Pharisees saw that he was eating with sinners and tax collectors, they said to his disciples,“Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?” 17 When Jesus heard this he said to them,“Those who are healthy don’t need a physician, but those who are sick do. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
  • Luke 5:29-32 : 29 Then Levi gave a great banquet in his house for Jesus, and there was a large crowd of tax collectors and others sitting at the table with them. 30 But the Pharisees and their experts in the law complained to his disciples, saying,“Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?” 31 Jesus answered them,“Those who are well don’t need a physician, but those who are sick do. 32 I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”
  • John 9:31 : 31 We know that God doesn’t listen to sinners, but if anyone is devout and does his will, God listens to him.
  • 1 Tim 1:13-16 : 13 even though I was formerly a blasphemer and a persecutor, and an arrogant man. But I was treated with mercy because I acted ignorantly in unbelief, 14 and our Lord’s grace was abundant, bringing faith and love in Christ Jesus. 15 This saying is trustworthy and deserves full acceptance:“Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners”– and I am the worst of them! 16 But here is why I was treated with mercy: so that in me as the worst, Christ Jesus could demonstrate his utmost patience, as an example for those who are going to believe in him for eternal life.

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    13The Call of Levi; Eating with Sinners Jesus went out again by the sea. The whole crowd came to him, and he taught them.

    14As he went along, he saw Levi, the son of Alphaeus, sitting at the tax booth.“Follow me,” he said to him. And he got up and followed him.

    15As Jesus was having a meal in Levi’s home, many tax collectors and sinners were eating with Jesus and his disciples, for there were many who followed him.

    16When the experts in the law and the Pharisees saw that he was eating with sinners and tax collectors, they said to his disciples,“Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?”

    17When Jesus heard this he said to them,“Those who are healthy don’t need a physician, but those who are sick do. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

  • Matt 9:11-14
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    89%

    11When the Pharisees saw this they said to his disciples,“Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”

    12When Jesus heard this he said,“Those who are healthy don’t need a physician, but those who are sick do.

    13Go and learn what this saying means:‘I want mercy and not sacrifice.’ For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

    14The Superiority of the New Then John’s disciples came to Jesus and asked,“Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples don’t fast?”

  • Luke 5:27-30
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    27The Call of Levi; Eating with Sinners After this, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the tax booth.“Follow me,” he said to him.

    28And he got up and followed him, leaving everything behind.

    29Then Levi gave a great banquet in his house for Jesus, and there was a large crowd of tax collectors and others sitting at the table with them.

    30But the Pharisees and their experts in the law complained to his disciples, saying,“Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”

  • Matt 9:8-9
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    8When the crowd saw this, they were afraid and honored God who had given such authority to men.

    9The Call of Matthew; Eating with Sinners As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax booth.“Follow me,” he said to him. So he got up and followed him.

  • Luke 15:1-2
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    1The Parable of the Lost Sheep and Coin Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming to hear him.

    2But the Pharisees and the experts in the law were complaining,“This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.”

  • Luke 7:34
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    34The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say,‘Look at him, a glutton and a drunk, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’

  • Luke 7:36-37
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    36Jesus’ Anointing Now one of the Pharisees asked Jesus to have dinner with him, so he went into the Pharisee’s house and took his place at the table.

    37Then when a woman of that town, who was a sinner, learned that Jesus was dining at the Pharisee’s house, she brought an alabaster jar of perfumed oil.

  • Luke 11:37
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    37Rebuking the Pharisees and Experts in the Law As he spoke, a Pharisee invited Jesus to have a meal with him, so he went in and took his place at the table.

  • Luke 14:1
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    1Healing Again on the Sabbath Now one Sabbath when Jesus went to dine at the house of a leader of the Pharisees, they were watching him closely.

  • Matt 11:19
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    19The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say,‘Look at him, a glutton and a drunk, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ But wisdom is vindicated by her deeds.”

  • Luke 19:7
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    7And when the people saw it, they all complained,“He has gone in to be the guest of a man who is a sinner.”

  • Luke 22:14
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    14The Lord’s Supper Now when the hour came, Jesus took his place at the table and the apostles joined him.

  • John 6:3
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    3So Jesus went on up the mountainside and sat down there with his disciples.

  • Luke 7:49
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    49But those who were at the table with him began to say among themselves,“Who is this, who even forgives sins?”

  • Luke 3:12
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    12Tax collectors also came to be baptized, and they said to him,“Teacher, what should we do?”

  • Mark 9:14
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  • Luke 5:32-33
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    32I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”

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  • Matt 26:20
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    20When it was evening, he took his place at the table with the twelve.

  • Luke 14:15-16
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    15The Parable of the Great Banquet When one of those at the meal with Jesus heard this, he said to him,“Blessed is everyone who will feast in the kingdom of God!”

    16But Jesus said to him,“A man once gave a great banquet and invited many guests.

  • Matt 15:29
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    29Healing Many Others When he left there, Jesus went along the Sea of Galilee. Then he went up a mountain, where he sat down.

  • Luke 19:9-10
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    9Then Jesus said to him,“Today salvation has come to this household, because he too is a son of Abraham!

    10For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”

  • Matt 13:1
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  • Matt 21:31-32
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    69%

    31Which of the two did his father’s will?” They said,“The first.” Jesus said to them,“I tell you the truth, tax collectors and prostitutes will go ahead of you into the kingdom of God!

    32For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him. But the tax collectors and prostitutes did believe. Although you saw this, you did not later change your minds and believe him.

  • Luke 6:17
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  • Luke 19:5
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    5And when Jesus came to that place, he looked up and said to him,“Zacchaeus, come down quickly, because I must stay at your house today.”

  • Matt 8:11
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    11I tell you, many will come from the east and west to share the banquet with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven,

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    38Jesus and Martha Now as they went on their way, Jesus entered a certain village where a woman named Martha welcomed him as a guest.

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  • Matt 19:2
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    2Large crowds followed him, and he healed them there.

  • Luke 9:15
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    15So they did as Jesus directed, and the people all sat down.

  • John 12:2
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    2So they prepared a dinner for Jesus there. Martha was serving, and Lazarus was among those present at the table with him.

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    18While they were at the table eating, Jesus said,“I tell you the truth, one of you eating with me will betray me.”