As he sat in the house, behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and sat down with Jesus and his disciples.
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As he sat in the house, behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and sat down with Jesus and his disciples.
World English Bible
Questions where the Bible appears to say two different things, with the passages on each side set together.
The Gospels can't agree on how Jesus' followers should treat tax collectors. The Synoptics paint Jesus as the friend of publicans, eating and drinking with them as a deliberate boundary-crossing gesture (Mark 2:15-16; Matt 9:10-11; Luke 15:1-2).
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"Matthew 9:10 — Scripture Analysis" GEBible, https://gebible.app/analysis/verse/matthew/9/10?version=WEB (retrieved 26 August 2026).