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?”
Note BYZ and TR include and drink; see Luke 5:30.
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?
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?”
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?
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- How
- Mark 2:7; Isaiah 65:5; Luke 15:2–7; Luke 18:11; Luke 19:7, 10; 1 Corinthians 2:15; Hebrews 12:3
- publicans
- Matthew 18:17