Mark 2:15-17

Christian Standard Bible

¹⁵ While he was reclining at the table in Levi’s house, many tax collectors^(A) and sinners^(B) were eating^[a] with Jesus and his disciples, for there were many who were following him. ¹⁶ When the scribes^(C) who were Pharisees^[b](D) saw that he was eating^(E) with sinners^(F) and tax collectors,^(G) they asked his disciples, “Why does he eat^[c] with tax collectors and sinners?”

¹⁷ When Jesus heard this, he told them, “It is not those who are well who need^(H) a doctor,^(I) but those who are sick.^(J) I didn’t come to call the righteous,^(K) but sinners.”^(L)