Mark 2:15-16

Jesus Calls Levi

¹⁵ And as he reclined at table in his house, many _g tax collectors and sinners were reclining with Jesus and his disciples, for there were many who followed him. ¹⁶ And _h the scribes of ₁ the Pharisees, when they saw that he was eating with sinners and tax collectors, said to his disciples, _g "Why does he eat ₂ with tax collectors and sinners?"

1. Cross References
   Matthew 11:19
   The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'Look at him! A glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!' Yet wisdom is justified by her deeds.
   Luke 15:2
   And the Pharisees and the scribes grumbled, saying, "This man receives sinners and eats with them.
   
2. Cross References
   Acts 4:5
   On the next day their rulers and elders and scribes gathered together in Jerusalem.
   Acts 23:9
   Then a great clamor arose, and some of the scribes of the Pharisees' party stood up and contended sharply, "We find nothing wrong in this man. What if a spirit or an angel spoke to him?
   
3. Cross References
   Mark 2:15
   And as he reclined at table in his house, many tax collectors and sinners were reclining with Jesus and his disciples, for there were many who followed him.
   

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