matthew-9:13

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 9:10-13

The feast with publicans and sinners , and Christ ' s apology. Parallel passages: Mark 2:15-17 ; Luke 5:29-32 . All three evangelists give the essential features of the section, but Mark and Luke show more clearly that the feast was in the house of the new disciple, and Matthew alone gives the reference to Hosea. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 9:10-13

Jesus the Friend of sinners. The incident here recorded follows on the call of Matthew the publican. Our Lord had just appointed a member of an order usually regarded as hopelessly reprobate to be one of his apostles. It was natural that the publican's old associates should recognize this breaking down of old barriers, and flock to the feast which Matthew provided to welcome and honour his new Friend. I. THE FACT . Jesus did eat and drink with men of questionable occupation, and even... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 9:10-13

The model readiness of mercy. Learn that— I. THE MOST UNUSUAL PLACES AND THE MOST UNUSUAL TIMES ARE , ACCORDING TO THE EXAMPLE OF CHRIST , TO BE UTILIZED FOR THE SEEKING AND CONVERTING OF THE MOST UNUSUAL CHARACTERS , AND THOSE WHO MAY BE APPARENTLY OF THE MOST HOPELESS KIND . II. THAT BY THE EXAMPLE OF CHRIST NO LIMIT MUST BE SET TO THE CONDESCENSION — WHENEVER EVEN IT ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 9:13

The first half of the verse comes in Matthew only . But go ye and learn . A common rabbinic phrase based on the fact that the disputants would not always have the cumbrous rolls of Scripture actually with them. These Pharisees pro-reseed to be students of Scripture, but had not yet learned the principle taught in this passage . What that meaneth, I will have (I desire , Revised Version) mercy, and not sacrifice . Mercy ( ἔλεος ). In the original connexion of this... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 9:13

But go ye and learn ... - To reprove them, and to vindicate his own conduct, he appealed to a passage of Scripture with which they ought to have been acquainted: “I will have mercy, and not sacrifice,” Hosea 6:6. This is not a declaration on the part of God that he was opposed to “sacrifices” or “offerings for sin;” for he had appointed and commanded many, and had therefore expressed his approbation of them. It is a Hebrew mode of speaking, and means, “I prefer mercy to sacrifice;” or, “I am... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 9:10-13

Matthew 9:10-13. As Jesus sat at meat in the house Namely, of Matthew, (see Mark 2:15,) who, being desirous at once to show his respects to Christ, and to give his former companions and acquaintance an opportunity of enjoying his instructive conversation, made a great entertainment for him, Luke 5:29. And many publicans and sinners came and sat down with him Being invited by Matthew. The publicans, or collectors of taxes which the Jews paid the Romans, were infamous for their illegal... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Matthew 9:9-13

32. Call of Matthew (Matthew 9:9-13; Mark 2:13-17; Luke 5:27-32)The next person to join Jesus’ group of chosen disciples was the tax collector Matthew, also known as Levi (Matthew 9:9; Mark 2:13-14). Matthew took Jesus home for a meal and invited his fellow tax collectors and other friends to come and meet his new master. Jews despised tax collectors as being unpatriotic, dishonest and irreligious. The Pharisees despised Jesus when they saw him eating with them (Matthew 9:10-11; Luke... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Matthew 9:13

But, &c. This is the application. Hosea 6:6 is quoted with evident reference to Hosea 6:1 ; Hosea 5:13 with Hosea 7:1 . See App-117 . go ye. To your teachers. meaneth = is. will have = require. mercy = compassion. Greek. eleos. I am not come = I came not. the righteous = just ones. to repentance. All the texts omit: also wanting in Syriac and Vulgate both here and in Mark 2:17 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Matthew 9:13

But go ye and learn what this meaneth, I desire mercy, and not sacrifice: for I came not to call the righteous but sinners.Both here and in Matthew 12:7, Christ quoted from Hosea 6:6. The context in that passage shows that Christ was here comparing the Pharisees with the reprobate priesthood of Hosea's times. In that same paragraph, Hosea charged, "And as the troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent; for they commit lewdness" (Hosea 6:6-9). This,... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Matthew 9:11-13

Matthew 9:11-13. And when the Pharisees saw it— See on Matthew 9:9. Instead of whole, we may read well. The Pharisees did not indeed direct their discourse to Jesus; but having spoken so loud as to let all the guests hear their censure, he could not avoid meekly puttingthem in mind, that it is sick people only who have need of a physician; to insinuate, that since the Pharisees thought themselves righteous persons, they had no need of his company: whereas the publicans, whom they called... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 9:10-13

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 9:10-13

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 9:10-13

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 9:13

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 9:13

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 9:10-13

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Matthew 9:9-13

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Matthew 9:13

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Matthew 9:13

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Matthew 9:11-13

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