³⁰ But the Pharisees and their scribes^(A) were complaining to his disciples, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”

³⁹ When the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself, “This man, if he were a prophet, would know who and what kind of woman this is who is touching him—she’s a sinner!” ^(A)

³ saying, “You went to uncircumcised men and ate with them.”^(A)

¹² For he regularly ate with the Gentiles before certain men came from James. However, when they came, he withdrew and separated himself, because he feared those from the circumcision party.