{"id":9927,"date":"2024-08-29T07:43:43","date_gmt":"2024-08-29T11:43:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jesusdidsay.com\/?page_id=9927"},"modified":"2026-10-07T11:27:17","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T11:27:17","slug":"mark-chapter-2-jesus-calls-levi-and-eats-with-sinners","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jesusdidsay.com\/?page_id=9927","title":{"rendered":"Mark Chapter 2 Jesus Calls Levi and Eats With Sinners"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><sup>13\u00a0<\/sup>Once again Jesus went out beside the lake. A large crowd came to him,\u00a0and he began to teach them.\u00a0<sup>14\u00a0<\/sup>As he walked along, he saw Levi son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax collector\u2019s booth.\u00a0<mark style=\\\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ff0000\\\" class=\\\"has-inline-color\\\">\u201cFollow me,\u201d<\/mark>\u00a0Jesus told him, and Levi got up and followed him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><sup>15&nbsp;<\/sup>While Jesus was having dinner at Levi\u2019s house, many tax collectors and sinners were eating with him and his disciples, for there were many who followed him.&nbsp;<sup>16&nbsp;<\/sup>When the teachers of the law who were Pharisees&nbsp;saw him eating with the sinners and tax collectors, they asked his disciples: \u201cWhy does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><sup>17\u00a0<\/sup>On hearing this, Jesus said to them,\u00a0<mark style=\\\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ff0000\\\" class=\\\"has-inline-color\\\">\u201cIt is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. 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