¹⁹ The Son of Man came ^(A)eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Look at him! A glutton and a drunkard, ^(B)a friend of ^(C)tax collectors and sinners!’ Yet wisdom is justified by her deeds.”^[a]

²⁹ And Levi made him a great feast in his house, and there was a large company ^(A)of tax collectors and others reclining at table with them. ³⁰ And the Pharisees and ^(B)their scribes grumbled at his disciples, saying, ^(C)“Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”

⁷ And when they saw it, they all ^(A)grumbled, “He has gone in to be the guest of a man who is a sinner.”

Healing of a Man on the Sabbath

14 One Sabbath, ^(A)when he went to dine at the house of a ruler of the Pharisees, they were ^(B)watching him carefully.

¹⁰ And as Jesus^[a] reclined at table in the house, behold, many ^(A)tax collectors and sinners came and were reclining with Jesus and his disciples. ¹¹ And when the Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples, ^(B)“Why does your teacher eat with ^(C)tax collectors and sinners?”

²⁴ but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ ^(A)the power of God and ^(B)the wisdom of God. ²⁵ For the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.

²⁶ For consider your calling, brothers: ^(C)not many of you were wise according to worldly standards,^[a] not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth. ²⁷ But ^(D)God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; ^(E)God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong; ²⁸ God chose what is low and despised in the world, even ^(F)things that are not, to ^(G)bring to nothing things that are, ²⁹ so ^(H)that no human being^[b] might boast in the presence of God.

The Parable of the Lost Sheep

15 Now ^(A)the tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear him. ² And the Pharisees and the scribes ^(B)grumbled, saying, ^(C)“This man receives sinners and ^(D)eats with them.”

³⁴ The Son of Man has come ^(A)eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Look at him! A glutton and a drunkard, ^(B)a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ ³⁵ Yet ^(C)wisdom is justified by all her children.”

A Sinful Woman Forgiven

^36 (D)One of the Pharisees asked him to eat with him, and he went into the Pharisee's house and reclined at table.

²⁹ (^(A)When all the people heard this, and ^(B)the tax collectors too, they declared God just,^{[a] (C)}having been baptized with ^(D)the baptism of John,