^5:30But¹¹⁷ the Pharisees¹¹⁸ and their experts in the law¹¹⁹ complained¹²⁰ to his disciples, saying, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”¹²¹

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Footnotes

117 Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the implied contrast present in this context.
118 See the note on Pharisees in .
119 Or “and their scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in .
120 Or “grumbled”; a term often used in the OT for inappropriate grumbling: Exod 15:24; 16:7–8; Num 14:2, 26–35; 16:11.
121 The issue here is inappropriate associations (eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners) and the accusation comes not against Jesus, but his disciples.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And the Pharisees and their scribes grumbled at his disciples, saying, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law who belonged to their sect complained to his disciples, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

But the Pharisees and their scribes were complaining to his disciples, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”

NLTNew Living Translation

But the Pharisees and their teachers of religious law complained bitterly to Jesus’ disciples, “Why do you eat and drink with such scum?”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And the Pharisees and their scribes began to complain to his disciples, saying, “Why do you eat and drink with the tax collectors and sinners?”

KJV 1900King James Version

But their scribes and Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with publicans and sinners?

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