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Berean Standard Bible

“When the scribes who were Pharisees saw Jesus eating with these people, they asked His disciples, “Why does He eat with tax collectors and sinners?””

Mark 2:16

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Jesus has called Levi, a tax collector, and is now eating at his house with many tax collectors and sinners who had been following him. The scene shows his welcome of those the religious establishment looked down on.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

When the scribes who were Pharisees saw Jesus eating with these people, they asked His disciples, “Why does He eat with tax collectors and sinners?”

World English Bible (WEB)

The scribes and the Pharisees, when they saw that he was eating with the sinners and tax collectors, said to his disciples, “Why is it that he eats and drinks with tax collectors and sinners?”

King James Version (KJV)

And when the scribes and Pharisees saw him eat with publicans and sinners, they said unto his disciples, How is it that he eateth and drinketh with publicans and sinners?

American Standard Version (ASV)

And the scribes of the Pharisees, when they saw that he was eating with the sinners and publicans, said unto his disciples, [How is it] that he eateth and drinketh with publicans and sinners?

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

And the scribes of the Pharisees, when they saw that he was taking food with the tax-farmers and sinners, said to his disciples, Why does he take food and drink with such men?

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

And the scribes and the Pharisees, having seen him eating with the tax-gatherers and sinners, said to his disciples, 'Why -- that with the tax-gatherers and sinners he does eat and drink?'

Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

Y los escribas y los Fariseos, viéndole comer con los publicanos y con los pecadores, dijeron á sus discípulos: ¿Qué es esto, que él come y bebe con los publicanos y con los pecadores?

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

Cuando algunos de los maestros de la ley, que eran fariseos, vieron a Jesús comiendo con aquella gente, les preguntaron a los discípulos: ―¿Cómo es que este come con recaudadores de impuestos y con pecadores?

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