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Matthew 9:11

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And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners?
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  1. Matthew 11:19Rank 1 from verse 11
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    19The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified of her children.

  2. Luke 5:30Rank 2 from verse 11
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    30But their scribes and Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with publicans and sinners?

  3. Luke 15:1–2Rank 3 from verse 11
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    1THEN drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for to hear him.

    2And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them.

  4. Mark 2:16Rank 4 from verse 11
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    16And when the scribes and Pharisees saw him eat with publicans and sinners, they said unto his disciples, How is it that he eateth and drinketh with publicans and sinners?

  5. 1 Corinthians 5:9–11Rank 5 from verse 11
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    9I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators:

    10Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must ye needs go out of the world.

    11But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.

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Matthew 9:11

COMBINED MEANING

eateth

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Third-person singular present form of eat, meaning to take food into the body; to consume, devour, or waste away.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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your

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The possessive form of ye or you, ordinarily plural, marking what belongs to, concerns, proceeds from, or stands in relation to the persons addressed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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master

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One possessing authority, ownership, command, supervision, or superior skill: an owner, employer, household head, teacher, leader, ship commander, or lord.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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9:10¶ 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.

9:11And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners?

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9:12But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick.

9:13But 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.

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