Mark 2:16

KJV1611 – Modern English

And when the scribes and Pharisees saw him eating with tax collectors and sinners, they said to his disciples, How is it that he eats and drinks with tax collectors and sinners?

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  • Isa 65:5 : 5 Who say, 'Keep to yourself, do not come near me, for I am holier than you.' These are smoke in my nostrils, a fire that burns all day long.
  • Luke 18:11 : 11 The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank you that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax collector.
  • Luke 19:7 : 7 And when they saw it, they all murmured, saying, He has gone to be a guest with a man who is a sinner.
  • Acts 23:9 : 9 And there arose a great outcry, and the scribes who were of the Pharisees' group arose and contended, saying, We find no evil in this man: but if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him, let us not fight against God.
  • 1 Cor 2:15 : 15 But he who is spiritual judges all things, yet he himself is judged by no one.
  • Heb 12:3 : 3 For consider him who endured such hostility from sinners against himself, lest you become weary and discouraged in your minds.
  • Luke 19:10 : 10 For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.
  • Matt 9:11 : 11 And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to his disciples, Why does your Master eat with tax collectors and sinners?
  • Matt 18:17 : 17 And if he refuses to hear them, tell it to the church: but if he refuses to hear the church, let him be to you as a heathen and a tax collector.
  • Mark 2:7 : 7 Why does this man speak blasphemies like this? Who can forgive sins but God only?
  • Luke 15:2-7 : 2 And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receives sinners and eats with them. 3 And he spoke this parable to them, saying, 4 What man among you, having a hundred sheep, if he loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after the one which is lost until he finds it? 5 And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing. 6 And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, saying to them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost. 7 I say to you, that likewise there will be joy in heaven over one sinner who repents, more than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.

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    9And as Jesus passed from there, he saw a man named Matthew, sitting at the tax office: and he said to him, Follow me. And he arose and followed him.

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