Mark 2:16

New Living Translation

But when the teachers of religious law who were Pharisees saw him eating with tax collectors and other sinners, they asked his disciples, “Why does he eat with such scum?”

Cross References

Isaiah 65:5

Yet they say to each other, ‘Don’t come too close or you will defile me! I am holier than you!’ These people are a stench in my nostrils, an acrid smell that never goes away.

Matthew 18:17

If the person still refuses to listen, take your case to the church. Then if he or she won’t accept the church’s decision, treat that person as a pagan or a corrupt tax collector.

Matthew 5:46

If you love only those who love you, what reward is there for that? Even corrupt tax collectors do that much.

Matthew 9:11

But when the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with such scum?”

Mark 2:15

Later, Levi invited Jesus and his disciples to his home as dinner guests, along with many tax collectors and other disreputable sinners. (There were many people of this kind among Jesus’ followers.)

Mark 2:7

“What is he saying? This is blasphemy! Only God can forgive sins!”

Luke 18:11

The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed this prayer: ‘I thank you, God, that I am not like other people—cheaters, sinners, adulterers. I’m certainly not like that tax collector!

Luke 19:10

For the Son of Man came to seek and save those who are lost.”

Luke 19:7

But the people were displeased. “He has gone to be the guest of a notorious sinner,” they grumbled.

Luke 5:30

But the Pharisees and their teachers of religious law complained bitterly to Jesus’ disciples, “Why do you eat and drink with such scum?”

Acts 23:9

So there was a great uproar. Some of the teachers of religious law who were Pharisees jumped up and began to argue forcefully. “We see nothing wrong with him,” they shouted. “Perhaps a spirit or an angel spoke to him.”

1 Corinthians 2:15

Those who are spiritual can evaluate all things, but they themselves cannot be evaluated by others.

Hebrews 12:3

Think of all the hostility he endured from sinful people; then you won’t become weary and give up.