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Mark 2:16-18
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Mark 2:16-18
New Revised Standard Version Updated 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?”(A) 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 not come to call the righteous but sinners.”(B)
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?”
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