Mark 2:16-18
Christian Standard Bible
16 When the scribes(A) who were Pharisees[a](B) saw that he was eating(C) with sinners(D) and tax collectors,(E) they asked his disciples, “Why does he eat[b] with tax collectors and sinners?”
17 When Jesus heard this, he told them, “It is not those who are well who need(F) a doctor,(G) but those who are sick.(H) I didn’t come to call the righteous,(I) but sinners.”(J)
A Question about Fasting
18 Now(K) John’s(L) disciples(M) and the Pharisees[c](N) were fasting.(O) People came and asked him, “Why do John’s disciples and the Pharisees’ disciples fast, but your disciples do not fast?”
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