in the house] In Matthews house, who made a feast for him, Luke 5. 29. many Publicans and sinners] Some conceive two sorts of men here to be meant. By the Publicans they understand Matthews fellow-officers, and by sinners, many known to be of bad and loose life. Others, think them to be all one, and the Publicans were called sinners, because they were imployed by the Romans to gather tribute, and for the most part did it with much cruelty, to the hurt of the people of God.