Mark 2:16 “When the scribes who were Pharisees saw Jesus eating with these people…”

Mark 2:16

When the scribes who were Pharisees saw Jesus eating with these people, they asked His disciples, “Why does He eat with tax collectors and sinners?”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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?

World English Bible

The scribes and the Pharisees, when they saw that he was eating with the sinners and tax collectors, said to his disciples, “Why is it that he eats and drinks with tax collectors and sinners?”

American Standard Version

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?

Geneva Bible 1599

And when the Scribes and Pharises sawe him eate with the Publicanes and sinners, they sayd vnto his disciples, Howe is it, that hee eateth and drinketh with Publicanes and sinners?

Darby Translation

And the scribes and the Pharisees, seeing him eating with sinners and tax-gatherers, said to his disciples, Why [is it] that he eats and drinks with tax-gatherers and sinners?

Young's Literal Translation

And the scribes and the Pharisees, having seen him eating with the tax-gatherers and sinners, said to his disciples, 'Why — that with the tax-gatherers and sinners he doth eat and drink?'

Bible in Basic English

And the scribes of the Pharisees, when they saw that he was taking food with the tax-farmers and sinners, said to his disciples, Why does he take food and drink with such men?

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Cross references

“How”

Luke 18:11 Luke 19:7 Luke 19:10 Isaiah 65:5 1 Corinthians 2:15 Mark 2:7

Luke 18:11 · BSB

The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed, ‘God, I thank You that I am not like other men—swindlers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector.

Luke 19:7 · BSB

And all who saw this began to grumble, saying, “He has gone to be the guest of a sinful man!”

Luke 19:10 · BSB

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

Isaiah 65:5 · BSB

They say, ‘Keep to yourself; do not come near me, for I am holier than you!’ Such people are smoke in My nostrils, a fire that burns all day long.

1 Corinthians 2:15 · BSB

The spiritual man judges all things, but he himself is not subject to anyone’s judgment.

Mark 2:7 · BSB

“Why does this man speak like this? He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?”

“publicans”

Matthew 18:17

Matthew 18:17 · BSB

If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. And if he refuses to listen even to the church, regard him as you would a pagan or a tax collector.

Also

Acts 23:9 Matthew 9:11

Acts 23:9 · BSB

A great clamor arose, and some scribes from the party of the Pharisees got up and contended sharply, “We find nothing wrong with this man. What if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him?”

Matthew 9:11 · BSB

When the Pharisees saw this, they asked His disciples, “Why does your Teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

15While Jesus was dining at Levi’s house, many tax collectors and sinners were eating with Him and His disciples—for there were many who followed Him.

17On hearing this, Jesus told them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

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