Mar 2:16 | CPDV | STEP | And the scribes and the Pharisees, seeing that he ate with tax collectors and sinners, said to his disciples, “Why does your Teacher eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”

Mark 2:16

16 And the scribes and the Pharisees, seeing that he ate with tax collectors and sinners, said to his disciples, “Why does your Teacher eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?” ^{▼▼2:16The term ‘publican’ can also refer more generally to government officials, in this case to the government of the Romans, who were occupying the Holy Land.(Conte)}