Mark 2:16
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.
15 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.
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.”
18 Now John’s disciples and the Pharisees were often fasting. So people came to Jesus and asked, “Why don’t Your disciples fast like John’s disciples and those of the Pharisees?”
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
- 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?”
- KJV
- And when the scribes and Pharisees saw him eat with publicans and sinners, they said unto his disciples, How is it that he eateth and drinketh with publicans and sinners?
- WEB
- The scribes and the Pharisees, when they saw that he was eating with the sinners and tax collectors, said to his disciples, “Why is it that he eats and drinks with tax collectors and sinners?”
- ASV
- And the scribes of the Pharisees, when they saw that he was eating with the sinners and publicans, said unto his disciples, [How is it] that he eateth and drinketh with publicans and sinners?
- DARBY
- And the scribes and the Pharisees, seeing him eating with sinners and tax-gatherers, said to his disciples, Why [is it] that he eats and drinks with tax-gatherers and sinners?
- BLB
- And the scribes of the Pharisees, having seen that He eats with the sinners and tax collectors, were saying to His disciples, “Why does He eat with the tax collectors and sinners?”
- ÅB
- Og da de skriftlærde og fariseerne så at han spiste sammen med tollere og syndere, sa de til hans disipler: Han spiser og drikker med tollere og syndere!
- OTB
- Da de skriftlærde som var fariseere så ham spise med dem som ble regnet som syndere og tollere, spurte de disiplene hans: "Hvorfor spiser han med tollere og syndere?"
- B1930
- Og da de skriftlærde og fariseerne så at han åt sammen med toldere og syndere, sa de til hans disipler: Han eter og drikker med toldere og syndere!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Luke 18:11
The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed, ‘God, I thank You that I am not like the other men—swindlers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector.
Read in contextLuke 19:7
And all who saw this began to grumble, saying, “He has gone to be the guest of a sinful man!”
Read in contextLuke 19:10
For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”
Read in contextActs 23:9
A great clamor arose, and some scribes from the party of the Pharisees got up and contended sharply, “We find nothing wrong with this man. What if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him?”
Read in contextIsaiah 65:5
They say, ‘Keep to yourself; do not come near me, for I am holier than you!’ Such people are smoke in My nostrils, a fire that burns all day long.
Read in context1 Corinthians 2:15
The spiritual man judges all things, but he himself is not subject to anyone’s judgment.
Read in contextMark 2:7
“Why does this man speak like this? He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?”
Read in contextLuke 15:2–7
So the Pharisees and scribes began to grumble: “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.”
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