who say, ‘Stay by yourself, don’t come near to me, for I am holier than you.’ These are smoke in my nose, a fire that burns all day.
Mark 2:16 - Y'all Version Bible When the scribes and the Pharisees saw that he was eating with the sinners and tax collectors, they said to his disciples, “Why does he eat and drink 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, ‘Stay by yourself, don’t come near to me, for I am holier than you.’ These are smoke in my nose, a fire that burns all day.
If they refuse to listen, tell it to the church, and if they refuse to listen to the church as well, let them be to you as another ethnic group or a tax collector.
For if y’all love those who love y’all, what reward do y’all have? Don’t even the tax collectors do the same?
When the Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples, “Why does y’all’s teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
He was reclining at the table in his house, and many tax collectors and sinners sat down with Jesus and his disciples, for there were many, and they followed him.
“Why does this man speak this way? He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?”
The Pharisee stood and prayed about himself like this: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other humans: extortionists, law breakers, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.
When the people saw this, they all began to complain, “He has gone in to be the guest of a man who is a sinner.”
But the Pharisees and their scribes complained to his disciples, “Why do you eat and drink with the tax collectors and sinners?”
There was a great uproar, and some of the scribes of the Pharisees rose up and began to argue, “We find no evil in this man. What if a spirit or angel has spoken to him?”
But the spiritual person discerns all things, yet is to be judged by no one.
For y’all should contemplate him and the hostility he endured from sinners, so that y’all don’t grow weary and lose heart.