Mark 2:16

New American Bible - revised edition

Some scribes who were Pharisees saw that he was eating with sinners and tax collectors and said to his disciples, “Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?”

Cross References

Isaiah 65:5

Crying out, “Hold back, do not come near me, lest I render you holy!” These things are smoke in my nostrils, a fire that burns all the day.

Matthew 18:17

If he refuses to listen to them, tell the church. If he refuses to listen even to the church, then treat him as you would a Gentile or a tax collector.

Matthew 5:46

For if you love those who love you, what recompense will you have? Do not the tax collectors do the same?

Matthew 9:11

The Pharisees saw this and said to his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”

Mark 2:15

While he was at table in his house, many tax collectors and sinners sat with Jesus and his disciples; for there were many who followed him.

Mark 2:7

“Why does this man speak that way? He is blaspheming. Who but God alone can forgive sins?”

Luke 18:11

The Pharisee took up his position and spoke this prayer to himself, ‘O God, I thank you that I am not like the rest of humanity—greedy, dishonest, adulterous—or even like this tax collector.

Luke 19:10

For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save what was lost.” The Parable of the Ten Gold Coins.

Luke 19:7

When they all saw this, they began to grumble, saying, “He has gone to stay at the house of a sinner.”

Luke 5:30

The Pharisees and their scribes complained to his disciples, saying, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”

Acts 23:9

A great uproar occurred, and some scribes belonging to the Pharisee party stood up and sharply argued, “We find nothing wrong with this man. Suppose a spirit or an angel has spoken to him?”

1 Corinthians 2:15

The spiritual person, however, can judge everything but is not subject to judgment by anyone.

Hebrews 12:3

Consider how he endured such opposition from sinners, in order that you may not grow weary and lose heart.