Matthew 9:9-13
1599 Geneva Bible
9 ¶ (A)[a]And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man sitting at the [b]custom, named Matthew, and said to him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him.
10 And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in his house, behold, many Publicans and [c]sinners that came thither, sat down at the table with Jesus and his disciples.
11 And when the Pharisees saw that, they said to his disciples, Why eateth your Master with Publicans and sinners?
12 Now when Jesus heard it, he said unto them, The whole need not the Physician, but they that are sick.
13 But go ye and learn what this is, (B)I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but the (C)sinners to repentance.
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- Matthew 9:9 Christ calleth the humble sinners unto him, but he condemneth the proud hypocrites.
- Matthew 9:9 At the customer’s table, where it was received.
- Matthew 9:10 The customers fellows which were placed by the Romans, after that Judea was brought into the form of a province, to gather the customs, and therefore of the rest of the Jews, they were called sinners, that is to say very vile men.
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