Mark 2:15-17
New Living Translation
15 Later, Levi invited Jesus and his disciples to his home as dinner guests, along with many tax collectors and other disreputable sinners. (There were many people of this kind among Jesus’ followers.) 16 But when the teachers of religious law who were Pharisees[a] saw him eating with tax collectors and other sinners, they asked his disciples, “Why does he eat with such scum?[b]”
17 When Jesus heard this, he told them, “Healthy people don’t need a doctor—sick people do. I have come to call not those who think they are righteous, but those who know they are sinners.”
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Mark 2:15-17
Legacy Standard Bible
15 And it *[a]happened that as He was reclining at the table in his house, many tax collectors and [b]sinners [c]were reclining with Jesus and His disciples. For there were many of them, and they were following Him. 16 And when (A)the scribes of the Pharisees saw that He was eating with the sinners and tax collectors, they were saying to His disciples, “(B)He is eating and drinking with tax collectors and [d]sinners!” 17 And hearing this, Jesus *said to them, “(C)Those who are healthy do not have need for a physician, but only those who are sick; I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
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