“And when they saw it, they all murmured, saying, That he was gone to be guest with a man that is a sinner.”
All the people saw this and began to mutter, he has gone to be the guest of a sinner — the muttering (diegongyzon) echoes the Pharisees' muttering about Jesus eating with sinners (15:2). He has gone to be the guest of a sinner: the chief tax collector is categorized as sinner — the community's collective judgment.
COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS
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