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Re: What's the difference?
My take would be that Jesus was invited to eat at Matthew's house. Matthew had many friends who were sinners who came to eat with Jesus and hear Him speak. I don't believe Jesus was there for the intention purpose of to "sit with sinners" (which may mean to sit and partake of the sins of sinners). Sinners were there and He ministered to them in Matthew's house.
Jesus didn't go to bars and such to look for sinners to preach to them nor did he tell his disciples when he sent them out to do that either. I think we can find plenty of sinners to preach to without going out to bars. Jesus did a lot of preaching in the wilderness after He became famous and before that in the synagogues and houses.
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