Why eats and drinks, etc. To eat and drink with others denotes intimacy and familiarity. The Pharisees, by asking this question, accused h…

When the Pharisees saw it—Mark identifies these as the “Scribes of the Pharisees” (Mark 2:16). These were probably the…

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 disciple. And whe…

St. John Chrysostom: After performing this miracle, Christ would not remain in the same place, so that he would not arouse the…

According to most scholars, this dinner at Matthew’s house likely occurred much later than his call in v.9. Jesus had said that even a tax collecto…

Why does your Master eat with tax collectors and sinners? The scribes attacked the disciples of Christ and, aiming to incite them to revol…

And when the Pharisees saw it
The feast Matthew made, the guests that were invited, and particularly that Christ sat…

Some time after his call, Matthew sought to bring his old associates to hear Christ. He knew by experience what the grace of Christ could do, and w…

Here, the conversion of sinners is firstly related; and secondly, the dispute of the Pharisees is related, where it is said, And the Ph…