Mark 2:17

¹⁷And when Jesus heard it, he said to them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.”d

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