^30 [a]And their scribes and the Pharisees ^[b]complained against His disciples, saying, ^(A)“Why do You eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”

² And the Pharisees and scribes complained, saying, “This Man ^[a]receives sinners ^(A)and eats with them.”

⁷ But when they saw it, they all ^[a]complained, saying, ^(A)“He has gone to be a guest with a man who is a sinner.”

Rejected by His Own

⁴¹ The Jews then ^[a]complained about Him, because He said, “I am the bread which came down from heaven.” ⁴² And they said, ^(A)“Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How is it then that He says, ‘I have come down from heaven’?”

⁴³ Jesus therefore answered and said to them, ^[b]“Do not murmur among yourselves.

⁵² The Jews therefore ^(A)quarreled among themselves, saying, “How can this Man give us His flesh to eat?”