For if ye love them that love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?
Mark 2:15 - American Standard Version 2015 And it came to pass, that he was sitting at meat in his house, and many publicans and sinners sat down with Jesus and his disciples: for there were many, and they followed him. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And it came to pass, that, as Jesus sat at meat in his house, many publicans and sinners sat also together with Jesus and his disciples: for there were many, and they followed him. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And as Jesus, together with His disciples, sat at table in his [Levi's] house, many tax collectors and persons [definitely stained] with sin were dining with Him, for there were many who walked the same road (followed) with Him. American Standard Version (1901) And it came to pass, that he was sitting at meat in his house, and many publicans and sinners sat down with Jesus and his disciples: for there were many, and they followed him. Common English Bible Jesus sat down to eat at Levi’s house. Many tax collectors and sinners were eating with Jesus and his disciples. Indeed, many of them had become his followers. Catholic Public Domain Version And it happened that, as he sat at table in his house, many tax collectors and sinners sat at table together with Jesus and his disciples. For those who followed him were many. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And it came to pass, that as he sat at meat in his house, many publicans and sinners sat down together with Jesus and his disciples. For they were many, who also followed him. |
For if ye love them that love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?
And as he passed by, he saw Levi the {\i son} of Alph\'e6us sitting at the place of toll, and he saith unto him, {\cf6 Follow me.} And he arose and followed him.\par
And the scribes of the Pharisees, when they saw that he was eating with the sinners and publicans, said unto his disciples, {\i How is it} that he eateth and drinketh with publicans and sinners?
Now all the publicans and sinners were drawing near unto him to hear him.\par
and he came down with them, and stood on a level place, and a great multitude of his disciples, and a great number of the people from all Jud\'e6a and Jerusalem, and the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, who came to hear him, and to be healed of their diseases;