who say, Stand by yourself, don't come near to me, for I am holier than you. These are a smoke in my nose, a fire that burns all the day.
Mark 2:16 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) The scribes and the Perushim, when they saw that he was eating with the sinners and tax collectors, said to his talmidim, *Why is it that he eats and drinks with tax collectors and sinners?* Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And when the scribes and Pharisees saw him eat with publicans and sinners, they said unto his disciples, How is it that he eateth and drinketh with publicans and sinners? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And the scribes [belonging to the party] of the Pharisees, when they saw that He was eating with [those definitely known to be especially wicked] sinners and tax collectors, said to His disciples, Why does He eat and drink with tax collectors and [notorious] sinners? American Standard Version (1901) And the scribes of the Pharisees, when they saw that he was eating with the sinners and publicans, said unto his disciples, How is it that he eateth and drinketh with publicans and sinners? Common English Bible When some of the legal experts from among the Pharisees saw that he was eating with sinners and tax collectors, they asked his disciples, “Why is he eating with sinners and tax collectors?” Catholic Public Domain Version And the scribes and the Pharisees, seeing that he ate with tax collectors and sinners, said to his disciples, "Why does your Teacher eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?" Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the scribes and the Pharisees, seeing that he ate with publicans and sinners, said to his disiples: Why doth your master eat and drink with publicans and sinners? |
who say, Stand by yourself, don't come near to me, for I am holier than you. These are a smoke in my nose, a fire that burns all the day.
If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the assembly. If he refuses to hear the assembly also, let him be to you as a Gentile or a tax collector.
For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Don't even the tax collectors do the same?
When the Perushim saw it, they said to his talmidim, *Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?*
It happened, that he was reclining at the table in his house, and many tax collectors and sinners sat down with Yeshua and his talmidim, for there were many, and they followed him.
*Why does this man speak blasphemies like that? Who can forgive sins but God alone?*
The Parush stood and prayed to himself like this: 'God, I thank you, that I am not like the rest of men, extortioners, unrighteous, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.
When they saw it, they all murmured, saying, *He has gone in to lodge with a man who is a sinner.*
Their scribes and the Perushim murmured against his talmidim, saying, *Why do you eat and drink with the tax collectors and sinners?*
A great clamor arose, and some of the scribes of the Perushim part stood up, and contended, saying, *We find no evil in this man. But if a spirit or angel has spoken to him, let's not fight against God!*
But he who is spiritual discerns all things, and he himself is judged by no one.
For consider him who has endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, that you don't grow weary, fainting in your souls.