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 usually 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.