Mar 2:16 | HCSB | STEP | When the scribes of the Pharisees saw that He was eating with sinners and tax collectors , they asked His disciples , “Why does He eat with tax collectors and sinners ?”

Mark 2:16

16 When the scribes ^a of the ^{▼▼Pharisee(s): In Judaism a religious sect that followed the whole written and oral law}Pharisees ^{▼▼Other mss read scribes and Pharisees
,} ^d saw that He was eating ^e with sinners ^f and tax collectors, ^g they asked His disciples, “Why does He eat ^{▼▼Other mss add and drink} with tax collectors and sinners?”