3 Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in this context.
4 See the note on Pharisees in .
5 Or “and the scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in .
6 Or “grumbling”; Grk “were complaining, saying.” The participle λέγοντες (legontes) is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.
7 Or “accepts,” “receives.” This is not the first time this issue has been raised: Luke 5:27–32; 7:37–50.

In other versions

And the Pharisees and the scribes grumbled, saying, “This man receives sinners and eats with them.”

But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law muttered, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.”

And the Pharisees and scribes were complaining, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.”

This made the Pharisees and teachers of religious law complain that he was associating with such sinful people—even eating with them!

And both the Pharisees and the scribes were complaining, saying, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them!”

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

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