Matthew Poole and continuators on Matthew 9:11

11 And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your master with Publicanes and sinners?

Mark hath the same Ch. 2.16. so hath Luke Ch. 5.30. only he saith, They Murmured. The Pharisees having a perfect Malice to Christ, did not only seek all means to carp at him, but to bring him under a Popular Odium; this seemed a fair opportunity. The Publicanes being an order of Persons, who both for the[illegible: 1 letter]r e[illegible: 1 letter]ployment, and perhaps also their ill Managery of it, were abominated by the Jews, and reckoned amongst the more Notorious Sorts of Sinners. They therefore come to his Disciples clamouring against their Master, That he kept Communion with Publicanes and Sinners,