Mark 2:16 meaning and explanation
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?”
Mark 2:16, Berean Standard Bible
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The scribes who belonged to the Pharisees watch Jesus reclining at table in Levi's house, surrounded by tax collectors and others counted as sinners. Sharing a meal meant acceptance and fellowship, so their question to the disciples is really an objection: a teacher from God should keep His distance from such people.
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