Then the followers of John the Baptist came to Jesus, asking, "Why is it that we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples don't fast at all?"
(Mat 9:14 GNB)
Jesus answered, "Do you expect the guests at a wedding party to be sad as long as the bridegroom is with them? Of course not! But the day will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.
(Mat 9:15 GNB)
Later on Jesus was having a meal in Levi's house. A large number of tax collectors and other outcasts was following Jesus, and many of them joined him and his disciples at the table.
(Mar 2:15 GNB)
Some teachers of the Law, who were Pharisees, saw that Jesus was eating with these outcasts and tax collectors, so they asked his disciples, "Why does he eat with such people?"
(Mar 2:16 GNB)
Jesus heard them and answered, "People who are well do not need a doctor, but only those who are sick. I have not come to call respectable people, but outcasts."
(Mar 2:17 GNB)
Then Levi had a big feast in his house for Jesus, and among the guests was a large number of tax collectors and other people.
(Luk 5:29 GNB)
Some Pharisees and some teachers of the Law who belonged to their group complained to Jesus' disciples. "Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and other outcasts?" they asked.
(Luk 5:30 GNB)
Jesus answered them, "People who are well do not need a doctor, but only those who are sick.
(Luk 5:31 GNB)
I have not come to call respectable people to repent, but outcasts."
(Luk 5:32 GNB)
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