Luke 19:6-7

Luke 19:6-7. And he made haste, and came down, and received him joyfully. And when they saw it, they all murmured, saying, That he was gone to be guest with a man that is a sinner.

"This professedly superior teacher, this purist, this teacher of the highest morality, has gone to be guest with this tax gatherer, - a man who is a sort of outlaw, a disreputable person altogether." Ah! how does the legal spirit, in self-righteous men, cry out against the sweet benevolence of our blessed Master, who comes into the world for this very purpose, - to be the Guest of sinners, that he may be the Physician of sinners!