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Matthew 9:10

Made Simple — Modern English Translation

Translated by Verse Made Simple Editorial
KJV ORIGINAL
And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners came and sat down with him and his disciples.
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✦ MADE SIMPLE

So Jesus was having dinner at someone's house, and a bunch of tax collectors and people with messy reputations showed up and sat down to eat with him and his crew.

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

Jesus didn't just preach about love — he literally shared meals with the people everyone else avoided.

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Translation & Methodology Sources

The original manuscript text provided is based on the King James Version (KJV), which is in the public domain. Our modern English simplifications are generated via proprietary philological synthesis, cross-referenced against Strong's Exhaustive Concordance and the Textus Receptus to ensure unwavering theological and etymological precision.

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