Matthew 9:11
ContextNET © | When the Pharisees 1 saw this they said to his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?” 2 |
NIV © | When the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples, "Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and ‘sinners’?" |
NASB © | When the Pharisees saw this, they said to His disciples, "Why is your Teacher eating with the tax collectors and sinners?" |
NLT © | The Pharisees were indignant. "Why does your teacher eat with such scum?" they asked his disciples. |
MSG © | When the Pharisees saw him keeping this kind of company, they had a fit, and lit into Jesus' followers. "What kind of example is this from your Teacher, acting cozy with crooks and riff-raff?" |
BBE © | And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to his disciples, Why does your Master take food with tax-farmers and sinners? |
NRSV © | When the Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples, "Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?" |
NKJV © | And when the Pharisees saw it , they said to His disciples, "Why does your Teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?" |
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NET © | When the Pharisees 1 saw this they said to his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?” 2 |
NET © Notes |
1 sn See the note on Pharisees in 3:7. 2 sn The issue here is inappropriate associations. Jews were very careful about personal associations and contact as a matter of ritual cleanliness. Their question borders on an accusation that Jesus is ritually unclean. |