Matthew 11:19 repeats the same accusation — 'friend of tax collectors and sinners' — confirming this criticism as a consistent theme against Jesus.

Matthew 5:46 mentions tax collectors as an example of limited love — showing the cultural low regard Jesus defies by eating with them.

Isaiah 65:5 condemns those who say 'do not come near me, I am holy' — the exact self-righteous attitude behind the Pharisees' complaint here.

Mark 2:16 records the identical question from Pharisees, providing a parallel account of this complaint.

Luke 5:30 reports the same incident — the Pharisees' identical question about Jesus eating with tax collectors and sinners.

Luke 15:2 records the same grumbling — 'This man receives sinners and eats with them' — echoing the identical criticism.

Psalm 26:5 declares separation from evildoers — directly contrasting Jesus' choice to eat with sinners here.

Mark 2:15 is the parallel account of this same dinner with tax collectors and sinners at Levi's house.

Luke 7:34 records Jesus being called a friend of tax collectors and sinners — reinforcing the same criticism.

Luke 15:1 shows tax collectors and sinners drawing near to Jesus — the same crowd that provokes the Pharisees' complaint here.

Luke 19:7 records a similar grumbling when Jesus goes to Zacchaeus's house — another instance of the same criticism for associating with sinners.

1 Corinthians 5:9-11 instructs not to eat with a professing brother who persists in sin — a different context but contrasting with Jesus' open table fellowship with sinners.

In 2 John 1:10, believers are warned not to welcome false teachers — a contrasting instruction to Jesus' open fellowship with sinners here.