It seems strange to think that Jesus was criticized for who he chose to eat with, but here we see that the religious leaders of the day condemned him for eating with "sinners." But as Jesus points out, meeting with and helping sinners was the entire point of his work on earth.
http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%209:9-13&version=NIV
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