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?”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 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?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?
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… That's telling people that ain't what I believe but I got a scripture for you, too So look at it in Mark chapter 2 verse 16 because religious people who are judgmental aren't new that's been around since Jesus was walking the earth. And there was some teachers of religious law who were Pharisees. And they saw him, that's Jesus, eating with tax collectors and other sinners, which all of us are, without the grace of God. And then they went up to not even Jesus, they went up to his disciples and they asked him, why does he eat with such scum? I don't know why my voice just went to that right now, but that's what it felt like. They just bougie and got high voices. And it says, Jesus overheard them and look what he did. He said, y'all need to know one thing about your boy. I've come to call not those who think they are righteous. Ooh, ain't that good? Because some of y'all right now are sitting next to people that you would consider yourself better than. …
… set me on my feet. Who does this fellow think he is? Verse 16, Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners? The Pharisees saw him eating with the, quote, sinners and the tax collectors. And they said to the disciples, Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners? Jesus is going to have to tell them, Who do you think I'm going to eat with. You? Not only are you boring, but you're wrong. I didn't come to put a religious club together with people like you that look like you've been eating those horrible pickles that they give you with every sandwich here in America. No, he said, I didn't come for that. I actually came to call sinners. I love the chance to speak to Levi and all of his friends. That's why I came. Thirdly, verse 18. Now, John's disciples and the Pharisees were fasting, and some people came and asked Jesus, How is it that John's disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees are fasting and yours are not? And then verse 24. They saw the disciples walking along. They began to pick some ears of corn, which from a Pharisaical perspective was regarded as a breaking of the Sabbath. It was one of the many, many laws that they had attached to the law of God. And the Pharisees said to Jesus, Look, why are the disciples doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath? You see this kind of dialogue, this conflict that is there? And then in the next …
… "'Follow me,' Jesus told him. And Levi got up and followed him. While Jesus was having dinner at Levi's house, many tax collectors and sinners were eating with him and his disciples, for there were many who followed him. When the teachers of the law, who were Pharisees, saw him eating with the sinners and tax collectors, they asked his disciples, "'Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?' On hearing this, Jesus said to them, It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners. Some years ago as a church, we took as a statement of purpose the ten words to see unbelieving people become committed followers of Jesus Christ. And we have tried as best we can to keep that before us, not simply by keeping it in print, but also in approaching all of the opportunities and responsibilities that we have as a church in light of the awareness of the fact that Jesus, in leaving his disciples behind, promised them the power and authority of the Holy Spirit so that they might go out into the world and proclaim the good news of Jesus, baptizing people, making disciples, and establishing the work of the kingdom. …