Mark 2:16

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And when the scribes and Pharisees saw Jesus eating with tax collectors and sinners, they said to his disciples, 'Why does he eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?'

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  • Isa 65:5 : 5 They say, 'Keep away; do not come near me, for I am holier than you.' These are like smoke in my nostrils, a fire that burns all day long.
  • Luke 18:11 : 11 'The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed, 'God, I thank you that I am not like other people: robbers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector.'
  • Luke 19:7 : 7 But when they saw this, everyone began to complain, saying, "He has gone to be a guest with a sinful man."
  • Acts 23:9 : 9 A loud outcry arose, and some of the scribes of the Pharisees’ party stood up and argued vehemently, saying, 'We find nothing wrong with this man! What if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him?'
  • 1 Cor 2:15 : 15 The spiritual person examines all things, but he himself is not subject to being examined by anyone.
  • Heb 12:3 : 3 Consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners against Himself, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.
  • Luke 19:10 : 10 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost.
  • Matt 9:11 : 11 When the Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples, 'Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?'
  • Matt 18:17 : 17 If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church; and if he refuses to listen even to the church, treat him as you would a pagan or a tax collector.
  • Mark 2:7 : 7 ‘Why does this man speak like this? He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?’
  • Luke 15:2-7 : 2 And the Pharisees and scribes were complaining, saying, 'This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.' 3 So He told them this parable, saying: 4 What man among you, who has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness and go after the one that is lost until he finds it? 5 And when he finds it, he joyfully places it on his shoulders. 6 And coming home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, saying to them, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep that was lost.' 7 I tell you, in the same way, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people who have no need of repentance.

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    9As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax collector’s booth. 'Follow me,' he told him, and Matthew got up and followed him.

    10While Jesus was reclining at the table in the house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with him and his disciples.

    11When the Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples, 'Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?'

    12But when Jesus heard this, he said, 'It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.'

    13'Go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.'

    14Then the disciples of John came to him and asked, 'Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples do not fast?'

  • Mark 2:14-15
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    14As he passed by, he saw Levi, the son of Alphaeus, sitting at the tax booth, and he said to him, 'Follow me.' And Levi got up and followed him.

    15And while Jesus was dining in Levi's house, many tax collectors and sinners were reclining at the table with Jesus and his disciples, for there were many who followed him.

  • Luke 5:29-34
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    29Then Levi hosted a great banquet for Jesus at his house. A large crowd of tax collectors and others were reclining there with them.

    30But the Pharisees and their scribes began to grumble to His disciples, "Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?"

    31Jesus answered them, "It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.

    32I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

    33Then they said to Him, "Why do John's disciples often fast and pray, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees, but Yours eat and drink?"

    34Jesus replied, "Can you make the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them?

  • Luke 15:1-3
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    1Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming near to listen to Him.

    2And the Pharisees and scribes were complaining, saying, 'This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.'

    3So He told them this parable, saying:

  • Luke 7:33-34
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    33'For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, "He has a demon!"'

    34'The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, "Look, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!"'

  • Mark 2:17-18
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    17When Jesus heard this, he said to them, 'Those who are well have no need of a doctor, but those who are sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.'

    18Now John's disciples and the Pharisees were fasting, and people came and asked Jesus, 'Why do John's disciples and the Pharisees’ disciples fast, but your disciples do not fast?

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    18For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon.’

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    36One of the Pharisees invited Jesus to eat with him. So Jesus went into the Pharisee's house and reclined at the table.

  • Matt 12:2-4
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    4How he entered the house of God and ate the bread of the Presence, which was not lawful for him or those with him to eat, but only for the priests?

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    37While Jesus was speaking, a Pharisee invited Him to dine with him; so He went in and reclined at the table.

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    7But when they saw this, everyone began to complain, saying, "He has gone to be a guest with a sinful man."

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    49Those who were reclining at the table began to say among themselves, 'Who is this who even forgives sins?'

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    27After this, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the tax booth. He said to him, "Follow Me."

  • Mark 7:2
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    2They saw some of His disciples eating bread with unclean, that is, unwashed hands, and they criticized them.

  • Mark 2:24-26
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    24The Pharisees said to Jesus, 'Look, why are they doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?

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    26'He entered the house of God in the time of Abiathar the high priest and ate the bread of the Presence, which was not lawful for anyone but the priests to eat. He also gave some to his companions.'

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    12Even tax collectors came to be baptized, and they asked him, "Teacher, what should we do?"

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    14When they came to the disciples, they saw a large crowd around them, and the scribes arguing with them.

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    4"He entered the house of God, took the bread of the Presence, ate it, and gave some to those with him, which is not lawful for anyone to eat but the priests alone."

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    12Then the disciples came to him and told him, “Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this?”

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    5So the Pharisees and the scribes questioned Him, "Why do Your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat with unwashed hands?"

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    2Some of the Pharisees said to them, "Why are you doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?"

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    3At this, some of the scribes said to themselves, 'This man is blaspheming.'

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    2“Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They do not wash their hands before they eat.”

  • Luke 5:21
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    21But the scribes and Pharisees began to think to themselves, "Who is this man who speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins but God alone?"

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    6Now some of the scribes were sitting there, reasoning in their hearts,