Mark 2:16

Weymouth NT

But when the Scribes of the Pharisee sect saw Him eating with the sinners and the tax-gatherers, they said to His disciples, »He is eating and drinking with the tax-gatherers and sinners!«

Cross References

Matthew 18:17

If he refuses to hear them, appeal to the Church; and if he refuses to hear even the Church, regard him just as you regard a Gentile or a tax-gatherer.

Matthew 5:46

For if you love only those who love you, what reward have you earned? Do not even the tax-gatherers do that?

Matthew 9:11

The Pharisees noticed this, and they inquired of His disciples, »Why does your Teacher eat with the tax-gatherers and notorious sinners?«

Mark 2:15

When He was sitting at table in Levi's house, a large number of tax-gatherers and notorious sinners were at table with Jesus and His disciples; for there were many such who habitually followed Him.

Mark 2:7

»Why does this man use such words?« they said; »he is blaspheming. Who can pardon sins but One–that is, God?«

Luke 18:11

The Pharisee, standing erect, prayed as follows by himself: »`O God, I thank Thee that I am not like other people–I am not a thief nor a cheat nor an adulterer, nor do I even resemble this tax-gatherer.

Luke 19:10

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

Luke 19:7

When they all saw this, they began to complain with indignation. »He has gone in to be the guest of a notorious sinner!« they said.

Luke 5:30

This led the Pharisees and Scribes of their party to expostulate with His disciples and ask, »Why are you eating and drinking with these tax-gatherers and notorious sinners?«

Acts 23:9

So there arose a great uproar; and some of the Scribes belonging to the sect of the Pharisees sprang to their feet and fiercely contended, saying, »We find no harm in the man. What if a spirit has spoken to him, or an angel–!«

1 Corinthians 2:15

But the spiritual man judges of everything, although he is himself judged by no one.

Hebrews 12:3

Therefore, if you would escape becoming weary and faint-hearted, compare your own sufferings with those of Him who endured such hostility directed against Him by sinners.