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Mark 2:15

Jesus
Fellowship and the church

13 Once again Jesus went out beside the sea. All the people came to Him, and He taught them there.

14 As He was walking along, He saw Levi son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax booth. “Follow Me,” He told him, and Levi got up and followed Him.

While Jesus was dining at Levi’s house, many tax collectors and sinners were eating with Him and His disciples—for there were many who followed Him.

16 When the scribes who were Pharisees saw Jesus eating with these people, they asked His disciples, “Why does He eat with tax collectors and sinners?”

17 On hearing this, Jesus told them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
While Jesus was dining at Levi’s house, many tax collectors and sinners were eating with Him and His disciples—for there were many who followed Him.
KJV
And it came to pass, that, as Jesus sat at meat in his house, many publicans and sinners sat also together with Jesus and his disciples: for there were many, and they followed him.
WEB
He was reclining at the table in his house, and many tax collectors and sinners sat down with Jesus and his disciples, for there were many, and they followed him.
ASV
And it came to pass, that he was sitting at meat in his house, and many publicans and sinners sat down with Jesus and his disciples: for there were many, and they followed him.
DARBY
And it came to pass as he lay at table in his house, that many tax-gatherers and sinners lay at table with Jesus and his disciples; for they were many, and they followed him.
BLB
And it came to pass, [in] His reclining in his house, that many tax collectors and sinners were reclining with Jesus and His disciples; for there were many, and they were following Him.
ÅB
Og det skjedde at han satt til bords i hans hus; og mange tollere og syndere satt til bords med Jesus og hans disipler; for det var mange av dem, og de fulgte ham.
OTB
Mens Jesus lå til bords i Levis hus, spiste mange tollere og syndere sammen med ham og hans disipler, for det var mange som fulgte ham.
B1930
Og det skjedde at han satt til bords i hans hus; og mange toldere og syndere satt til bords med Jesus og hans disipler; for det var mange av dem, og de fulgte ham.

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Cross references

  • Luke 15:1

    Now all the tax collectors and sinners were gathering around to listen to Jesus.

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  • Matthew 9:10–11

    Later, as Jesus was dining at Matthew’s house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with Him and His disciples.

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  • Luke 5:29–30

    Then Levi hosted a great banquet for Jesus at his house. A large crowd of tax collectors was there, along with others who were eating with them.

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  • Matthew 21:31–32

    Which of the two did the will of his father?” “The first,” they answered. Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God before you.

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  • Luke 6:17

    Then Jesus came down with them and stood on a level place. A large crowd of His disciples was there, along with a great number of people from all over Judea, Jerusalem, and the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon.

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