King James Version
Matthew 9:11 in the King James Version says “And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners?” — study this verse from Matthew chapter 9 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners?”
Matthew 9:11 · KJV
And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him.
And 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.
And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners?
But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick.
But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“saw”
G1492used only in certain past tenses, the others being borrowed from the equivalent g3700 and g3708; properly, to see (literally or figuratively); by impl
“when the Pharisees”
G5330a separatist, i.e., exclusively religious; a pharisean, i.e., jewish sectary
“unto his”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
“with”
G3326properly, denoting accompaniment; "amid" (local or causal); modified variously according to the case (genitive association, or accusative succession)
“And”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“eateth”
G2068used only in certain tenses, the rest being supplied by g5315; to eat (usually literal)
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