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Mark 2:16-18
Lexham English Bible
Mark 2:16-18
Lexham English Bible
16 And the scribes of the Pharisees, when they[a] saw that he was eating with sinners and tax collectors, began to say[b] to his disciples, “Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?” 17 And when[c] Jesus heard it[d], he said to them, “Those who are healthy do not have need of a physician, but those who are sick.[e] I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
On Fasting
18 And John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting, and they came and said to him, “Why[f] do the disciples of John and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?”
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- Mark 2:16 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“saw”) which is understood as temporal
- Mark 2:16 The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here (“began to say”)
- Mark 2:17 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“heard”) which is understood as temporal
- Mark 2:17 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
- Mark 2:17 Literally “having badly”
- Mark 2:18 Literally “for what” reason
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