And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners?
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Gill's Exposition
But when Jesus heard that,.... The charge the Pharisees brought against him, and the insinuations they had made of him to his disciples; which he either overheard himself, or his disciples related to…
Barnes' Notes
Why eateth and drinketh ... - To eat and drink with others denotes intimacy and familiarity. The Pharisees, by asking this question, accused him of seeking the society of such people, and of being the…
In these verses we have an account of the grace and favour of Christ to poor publicans, particularly to Matthew. What he did to the bodies of people was to make way for a kind design upon their souls.…
Cambridge Bible
when the Pharisees saw it The Pharisees were not guests, but came into the house, a custom still prevalent in the East. A traveller writes from Damietta, "In the room where we were received, besides…
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