Mark 2:16

And (the) scribes and (the) Pharisees seeing, that he ate with publicans and sinful men, said to his disciples, Why eateth and drinketh your master with publicans and sinners? (And the scribes and the Pharisees seeing, that he ate with tax-collectors and sinners, said to his disciples, Why eateth and drinketh your teacher with tax-collectors and sinners?)

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

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?

In Context

15And it was done, when he sat at the meat in his house, many publicans and sinful men sat together at the meat with Jesus and his disciples; for there were many that followed him. (And it was done, when he sat at a meal in his house, many tax-collectors and sinners sat there at the meal with Jesus and his disciples; for there were many that followed him.)

17When this was heard, Jesus said to them, Whole men have no need to a leech, (no) but they that be evil-at-ease (do), [or (no) but they that have evil (do)], (Healthy men have no need for a physician, only those who have sickness); for I came not to call just men, but sinners.

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Cross References

Isaiah 65:5which say to an heathen man, Go thou away from me, nigh thou not to me, for thou art unclean; these shall be smoke in my strong vengeance, fire burning all day. (yet who say (to the heathen), Go thou away from me, come thou not near to me, for thou art unclean; they be but smoke in my nose, a fire burning all day long!)

Matthew 18:17And if he heareth not them, say thou to the church. But if he heareth not the church, be he as an heathen and (as) a publican to thee, [or be he to thee as an heathen man and a publican], (or be he like a Gentile and a tax collector to thee).

Luke 15:2And the Pharisees and (the) scribes grudged, saying, For this [man] receiveth sinful men, and eateth with them. (And the Pharisees and the scribes grumbled, saying, For this man welcometh sinners, and eateth with them.)

Luke 19:7And when all men saw, they grudged (or they grumbled), saying, For he had turned to a sinful man.

Acts 23:9And a great cry was made. And some of the Pharisees rose up, and fought, saying, We find nothing of evil in this man; what if a spirit, either an angel, spake to him?

Hebrews 12:3And bethink ye on him that suffered such gainsaying of sinful men against himself, that ye be not made weary, failing in your souls. (And so think upon him who suffered such opposition, or such railing, against himself from sinners, so that ye be not made weary, and lose heart.)

Matthew Henry on Mark 2:14-18

Christ among Publicans and Sinners. 13 And he went forth again by the sea side; and all the multitude resorted unto him, and he taught them. 14 And as he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphæus sitting at the receipt of custom, and said unto him, Follow me. And he arose and followed him. 15 And it came to pass, that, as Jesus sat at meat in his house, many publicans and sinners sat also together with Jesus and his disciples: for there were many, and they followed him. 16 And when the scribes and Pharisees saw… Read the whole commentary →

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