¹¹ And when the Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples, ^(A)“Why does your teacher eat with ^(B)tax collectors and sinners?”

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]

³⁰ And the Pharisees and ^(A)their scribes grumbled at his disciples, saying, ^(B)“Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”

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.”

¹⁶ And ^(A)the scribes of^[a] the Pharisees, when they saw that he was eating with sinners and tax collectors, said to his disciples, ^(B)“Why does he eat^[b] with tax collectors and sinners?”

⁹ I wrote to you in my letter ^(A)not to associate with sexually immoral people— ^10 (B)not at all meaning ^(C)the sexually immoral of this world, or the greedy and swindlers, or idolaters, ^(D)since then you would need to go out of the world. ¹¹ But now I am writing to you not to associate with anyone ^(E)who bears the name of brother if he is guilty of sexual immorality or greed, or is an idolater, reviler, drunkard, or swindler—not even to eat with such a one.

Justified by Faith

¹⁵ We ourselves are Jews by birth and not ^(A)Gentile sinners;

¹⁰ If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, ^(A)do not receive him into your house or give him any greeting,

^2 (A)He can deal gently with the ignorant and wayward, since he himself ^(B)is beset with weakness.