10And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners came and sat down with him and his disciples.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief. …
And it came to pass, that, as Jesus sat at meat in his house, many publicans and sinners sat also together with Jesus and his disciples: for there were many, and they followed him. …
And Levi made him a great feast in his own house: and there was a great company of publicans and of others that sat down with them. …
Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth.
For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same? …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 9-13)In these verses we have an account of the grace and favour of Christ to poor publicans, particularly to Matthew. What he did to the bodies of people was to make way for a kind design upon their souls. Now observe here, I. The call of Matthew, the penman of this gospel. Mark and Luke call him Levi; it was ordinary for the same person to have two names: perhaps Matthew was the name he was most known…
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