¹⁶ When the scribes^(A) who were Pharisees^[a](B) saw that he was eating^(C) with sinners^(D) and tax collectors,^(E) they asked his disciples, “Why does he eat^[b] with tax collectors and sinners?”

⁹ The shouting grew loud, and some of the scribes of the Pharisees’^(A) party got up and argued vehemently, “We find nothing evil in this man.^(B) What if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him?” ^[a](C)