34The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!
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And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them.
And when they saw it, they all murmured, saying, That he was gone to be guest with a man that is a sinner.
And one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with him. And he went into the Pharisee's house, and sat down to meat.
There they made him a supper; and Martha served: but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with him.
And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners?
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 19-35)All this discourse concerning John Baptist, occasioned by his sending to ask whether he was the Messiah or no, we had, much as it is here related, Matt. 11:2-19. I. We have here the message John Baptist sent to Christ, and the return he made to it. Observe, 1. The great thing we are to enquire concerning Christ is whether he be he that should come to redeem and save sinners, or whether we are to l…
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