Mark 2:15-17
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
15 And as Jesus, together with His disciples, sat at table in his [Levi’s] house, many tax collectors and persons [[a]definitely stained] with sin were dining with Him, for there were many who walked the same road (followed) with Him.
16 And the scribes [belonging to the party] of the Pharisees, when they saw that He was eating with [those [b]definitely known to be especially wicked] sinners and tax collectors, said to His disciples, Why does He eat and drink with tax collectors and [notorious] sinners?
17 And when Jesus heard it, He said to them, Those who are strong and well have no need of a physician, but those who are weak and sick; I came not to call the righteous ones to repentance, but sinners (the [c]erring ones and [d]all those not free from sin).
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