Mark 2:17-19

Contemporary English Version

¹⁷ Jesus heard them and answered, “Healthy people don't need a doctor, but sick people do. I didn't come to invite good people to be my followers. I came to invite sinners.”

People Ask about Going without Eating

(Matthew 9.14-17; Luke 5.33-39)

¹⁸ The followers of John the Baptist and the Pharisees often went without eating.^[a] Some people came and asked Jesus, “Why do the followers of John and those of the Pharisees often go without eating, while your disciples never do?”

¹⁹ Jesus answered:

The friends of a bridegroom don't go without eating while he is still with them.