But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law muttered, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.”
NMVAnd the P’rushim (Pharisees) [separatists] and Torah-teachers (Scribes) murmured, saying, This man receives sinners, and eats with them.
OJBAnd both the Perushim and the Sofrim were grumbling, saying, This one gives a kabbalat panim reception to chote'im (sinners) and eats at tish with them.
TCENTBut the Pharisees and the scribes grumbled, saying, “This man receives sinners and eats with them.”
T4TThe Pharisees and men who taught the Jewish laws who were there [SYN] began to grumble, saying, “This man welcomes sinners and he also defiles himself by eating with them!”