Mark 2:16-18

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

¹⁶ When the scribes of^[a] the Pharisees saw that he was eating with sinners and tax collectors, they said to his disciples, “Why does he eat^[b] with tax collectors and sinners?” ¹⁷ When Jesus heard this, he said to them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick; I have come to call not the righteous but sinners.”

The Question about Fasting

¹⁸ Now John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting; and people^[c] came and said to him, “Why do John’s disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?”