Mark 2:16

¹⁶And the scribes of the Pharisees, when they saw that he was eating with sinners and tax collectors, said to his disciples, “Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?”

Mark 2 presents a series of five conflict narratives that establish the growing tension between Jesus and the religious authorities. Jesus heals a paralytic, declaring his authority to forgive sins, calls Levi the tax collector, and then defends his disciples for not fasting and for