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Mark 2:16-18
1599 Geneva Bible
Mark 2:16-18
1599 Geneva Bible
16 And when the Scribes and Pharisees saw him eat with the Publicans and sinners, they said unto his disciples, How is it, that he eateth and drinketh with Publicans and sinners?
17 Now when Jesus heard it, he said unto them, The whole have no need of the Physician, but the sick. (A)I came not to call the righteous, but the sinners to repentance.
18 (B)[a]And the disciples of John, and the Pharisees did fast, and came and said unto him, Why do the disciples of John, and of the Pharisees fast, and thy disciples fast not?
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- Mark 2:18 The superstitious and hypocrites do rashly put the sum of godliness in things indifferent, and are here for three causes reprehended. First, for that not considering what every man’s strength is able to bear, they rashly make all manner of laws concerning such things, without all discretion.
Mark 2:16-18
New International Version
Mark 2:16-18
New International Version
16 When the teachers of the law who were Pharisees(A) saw him eating with the sinners and tax collectors, they asked his disciples: “Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?”(B)
17 On hearing this, Jesus said to them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”(C)
Jesus Questioned About Fasting(D)
18 Now John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting.(E) Some people came and asked Jesus, “How is it that John’s disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees are fasting, but yours are not?”
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