Mark 2:16

Good News Translation

Some teachers of the Law, who were Pharisees, saw that Jesus was eating with these outcasts and tax collectors, so they asked his disciples, “Why does he eat with such people?”

Cross References

Isaiah 65:5

And then they say to others, ‘Keep away from us; we are too holy for you to touch!’ I cannot stand people like that—my anger against them is like a fire that never goes out.

Matthew 18:17

And if he will not listen to them, then tell the whole thing to the church. Finally, if he will not listen to the church, treat him as though he were a pagan or a tax collector.

Matthew 5:46

Why should God reward you if you love only the people who love you? Even the tax collectors do that!

Matthew 9:11

Some Pharisees saw this and asked his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with such people?”

Mark 2:15

Later on Jesus was having a meal in Levi's house. A large number of tax collectors and other outcasts was following Jesus, and many of them joined him and his disciples at the table.

Mark 2:7

“How does he dare talk like this? This is blasphemy! God is the only one who can forgive sins!”

Luke 18:11

The Pharisee stood apart by himself and prayed, ‘I thank you, God, that I am not greedy, dishonest, or an adulterer, like everybody else. I thank you that I am not like that tax collector over there.

Luke 19:10

The Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”

Luke 19:7

All the people who saw it started grumbling, “This man has gone as a guest to the home of a sinner!”

Luke 5:30

Some Pharisees and some teachers of the Law who belonged to their group complained to Jesus' disciples. “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and other outcasts?” they asked.

Acts 23:9

The shouting became louder, and some of the teachers of the Law who belonged to the party of the Pharisees stood up and protested strongly: “We cannot find a thing wrong with this man! Perhaps a spirit or an angel really did speak to him!”

1 Corinthians 2:15

Whoever has the Spirit, however, is able to judge the value of everything, but no one is able to judge him.

Hebrews 12:3

Think of what he went through; how he put up with so much hatred from sinners! So do not let yourselves become discouraged and give up.