Mark 2:14-22

14 aAnd as he passed by, he saw bLevi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax booth, and he said to him, Follow me.” And he rose and followed him.

15And as he reclined at table in his house, many ctax collectors and sinners were reclining with Jesus and his disciples, for there were many who followed him. 16And dthe scribes of
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the Pharisees, when they saw that he was eating with sinners and tax collectors, said to his disciples, fWhy does he eat
Some manuscripts add and drink
with tax collectors and sinners?”
17And when Jesus heard it, he said to them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. hI came not to call the righteous, ibut sinners.”

A Question About Fasting

18Now jJohn’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting. And people came and said to him, kWhy do John’s disciples and lthe disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?” 19And Jesus said to them, mCan the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast. 20 nThe days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and othen they will fast in that day. 21No one sews a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. If he does, the patch tears away from it, the new from the old, and a worse tear is made. 22And no one puts new wine into old pwineskins. If he does, the wine will burst the skinsand the wine is destroyed, and so are the skins. But new wine is for fresh wineskins.”
Some manuscripts omit  But new wine is for fresh wineskins


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