2:15
Later Jesus was having dinner at Levi’s house. And a collection of other tax collectors and sinners were there eating with Him. Many of these had followed Jesus. This could be following in the sense of just following to see what was going on, or it could be a sign of a deeper commitment. ESV has “He reclined at table”, rather than the NIV’s “Jesus was having dinner”, “reclined at table” implies that Jesus was a welcome guest and friendship.
2:16
“The teachers of the law who were Pharisees wondered why Jesus ate “with tax collectors and sinners”. There were two reasons (at least) for their concern. One was that by eating with this lot Jesus could well make Himself “unclean”, for there was no guarantee that they had kept to the Pharisees’ food and washing rules. Another possible reason is their having a very low view of “tax collectors and sinners”, and the very fact of mixing with these people was not something that should be done.
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