Mark 2:16-18
New American Standard Bible 1995
16 When (A)the scribes of the Pharisees saw that He was eating with the sinners and tax collectors, they said to His disciples, “(B)Why is He eating and drinking with tax collectors and [a]sinners?” 17 And hearing this, Jesus *said to them, “(C)It is not those who are healthy who need a physician, but those who are sick; I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
18 (D)John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting; and they *came and *said to Him, “Why do John’s disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but Your disciples do not fast?”
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- Mark 2:16 I.e. irreligious Jews
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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