Matthew 9:9-13
New King James Version
Matthew the Tax Collector(A)
9 (B)As Jesus passed on from there, He saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax office. And He said to him, “Follow Me.” So he arose and followed Him.
10 (C)Now it happened, as Jesus sat at the table in the house, that behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and sat down with Him and His disciples. 11 And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to His disciples, “Why does your Teacher eat with (D)tax collectors and (E)sinners?”
12 When Jesus heard that, He said to them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. 13 But go and learn what this means: (F)‘I desire mercy and not sacrifice.’ For I did not come to call the righteous, (G)but sinners, [a]to repentance.”
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- Matthew 9:13 NU omits to repentance
Matthew 9:9-13
Lexham English Bible
Matthew Called to Follow Jesus
9 And as[a] Jesus was going away from there, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax booth and said to him, “Follow me!” And he stood up and[b] followed him.
10 And it happened as[c] he was dining[d] in the house, behold, many tax collectors and sinners were coming and[e] dining[f] with Jesus and his disciples. 11 And when they[g] saw it,[h] the Pharisees began to say to his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?” 12 And when he[i] heard it,[j] he said, “Those who are healthy do not have need of a physician, but those who are sick.[k] 13 But go and[l] learn what it means, “I want mercy and not sacrifice.”[m] For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
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- Matthew 9:9 Here “as” is supplied as a component of the participle (“saw”) which is understood as temporal
- Matthew 9:9 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“stood up”) has been translated as a finite verb
- Matthew 9:10 Here “as” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“was dining”)
- Matthew 9:10 Literally “was reclining at table”
- Matthew 9:10 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“were coming”) has been translated as a finite verb
- Matthew 9:10 Literally “reclining at table”
- Matthew 9:11 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“saw”) which is understood as temporal
- Matthew 9:11 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
- Matthew 9:12 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“heard”) which is understood as temporal
- Matthew 9:12 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
- Matthew 9:12 Literally “having badly”
- Matthew 9:13 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“go”) has been translated as a finite verb
- Matthew 9:13 A quotation from Hos 6:6 (see also Matt 12:7)
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