when the Pharisees saw it] It is not likely that the Pharisees would go into the house of a Publican to see it: but either they heard Matthew invite him, and saw him go along with him, or else they knew it by report from others. they said unto his disciples] They durst not ask Christ, because they knew they were not able to deal with him, but ask his disciples, and labour to draw them away from their master.