Matthew 9:10 Cross References
Matthew 9:10
10: That night Matthew invited Jesus and his disciples to be his dinner guests, along with his fellow tax collectors and many other notorious sinners.
Mark 2:15
- That night Levi invited Jesus and his disciples to be his dinner guests, along with his fellow tax collectors and many other notorious sinners. (There were many people of this kind among the crowds that followed Jesus.)
- But when some of the teachers of religious law who were Pharisees saw him eating with people like that, they said to his disciples, "Why does he eat with such scum?"
- When Jesus heard this, he told them, "Healthy people don't need a doctor--sick people do. I have come to call sinners, not those who think they are already good enough."
Luke 5:29
- Soon Levi held a banquet in his home with Jesus as the guest of honor. Many of Levi's fellow tax collectors and other guests were there.
- But the Pharisees and their teachers of religious law complained bitterly to Jesus' disciples, "Why do you eat and drink with such scum?"
- Jesus answered them, "Healthy people don't need a doctor--sick people do.
- I have come to call sinners to turn from their sins, not to spend my time with those who think they are already good enough."
1 Timothy 1:13
- even though I used to scoff at the name of Christ. I hunted down his people, harming them in every way I could. But God had mercy on me because I did it in ignorance and unbelief.
- Oh, how kind and gracious the Lord was! He filled me completely with faith and the love of Christ Jesus.
- This is a true saying, and everyone should believe it: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners--and I was the worst of them all.
- But that is why God had mercy on me, so that Christ Jesus could use me as a prime example of his great patience with even the worst sinners. Then others will realize that they, too, can believe in him and receive eternal life.
John 9:31
- Well, God doesn't listen to sinners, but he is ready to hear those who worship him and do his will.
Matthew 5:46
- If you love only those who love you, what good is that? Even corrupt tax collectors do that much.
- If you are kind only to your friends, how are you different from anyone else? Even pagans do that.