Mark 2:16

New American Standard Bible 2020

When the scribes of the Pharisees saw that He was eating with the sinners and tax collectors, they said to His disciples, “Why is He eating with tax collectors and sinners?”

Cross References

Isaiah 65:5

“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 the day.

Matthew 18:17

And if he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church; and if he refuses to listen even to the church, he is to be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector.

Matthew 5:46

For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Even the tax collectors, do they not do the same?

Matthew 9:11

And when the Pharisees saw this, they said to His disciples, “Why is your Teacher eating with the tax collectors and sinners?”

Mark 2:15

And it *happened that He was reclining at the table in his house, and many tax collectors and sinners were dining with Jesus and His disciples; for there were many of them, and they were following Him.

Mark 2:7

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

Luke 18:11

The Pharisee stood and began praying this in regard to himself: ‘God, I thank You that I am not like other people: swindlers, crooked, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.

Luke 19:10

For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.”

Luke 19:7

When the people saw this, they all began to complain, saying, “He has gone in to be the guest of a man who is a sinner!”

Luke 5:30

The Pharisees and their scribes began grumbling to His disciples, saying, “Why do you eat and drink with the tax collectors and sinners?”

Acts 23:9

And a great uproar occurred; and some of the scribes of the Pharisaic party stood up and started arguing heatedly, saying, “We find nothing wrong with this man; suppose a spirit or an angel has spoken to him?”

1 Corinthians 2:15

But the one who is spiritual discerns all things, yet he himself is discerned by no one.

Hebrews 12:3

For consider Him who has endured such hostility by sinners against Himself, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.