they said.

Mark 2:16
When the scribes who were Pharisees saw Jesus eating with these people, they asked His disciples, "Why does He eat with tax collectors and sinners?"

Mark 9:14-16
When they returned to the other disciples, they saw a large crowd around them and scribes arguing with them. . . .

Why.

Matthew 11:19
The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'Look at this glutton and drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and of sinners!' But wisdom is vindicated by her actions."

Isaiah 65:5
They say, 'Keep to yourself, do not come near me, for I am holier than you!' Such people are smoke in My nostrils, a fire that burns all day long.

Luke 5:30
But the Pharisees and their scribes complained to Jesus' disciples, "Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?"

Luke 15:1, 2
Now all the tax collectors and sinners were gathering around to listen to Jesus. . . .

Luke 19:7
And all who saw this began to grumble, saying, "He has gone to be the guest of a sinful man!"

1 Corinthians 5:9-11
I wrote you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people. . . .

Galatians 2:15
We who are Jews by birth and not Gentile 'sinners'

Hebrews 5:2
He is able to deal gently with those who are ignorant and misguided, since he himself is beset by weakness.