...And that the sinners and tax collectors came and ate with Him.
...And that it was the Pharisees who charged Jesus with eating with tax collectors and sinners.
A lot of PD people use this passage to justify the church being conformed to the world's/sinner's desires...It doesn't fly.
"So you notice that Jesus was at Matthew's house, right?"
Was Matthew a believer at that time? His house was the same as before and his friends, publicans and sinners, were comfortable being there around Matthew and Jesus. The only people who weren't were those who were more interested in the status quo of religion than they were of sinners, the religious people, the Pharisees.
Good point. I'm sure you know that Jesus Christ had something of a different reaction to the "world" coming into the Temple.