Not the Respectable, but Outcasts

Later on Jesus was having a meal in Levi’s house. A large number of tax collectors and other outcasts were following Jesus, and many of them joined him and his disciples at the table. 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?”

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.”

Mark 2:15-17, Good News Translation

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2 Responses to Not the Respectable, but Outcasts

  1. April K. says:

    Wow, Peter! I had no idea this is what your blog is like. Instead of cute pictures like Jimmy, it is the one of the persecuted church!

    I do hope that these words will prove to someone that Jesus Christ is the one to have a personal relationship with in order to have inner peace and eternal life. Thanks!
    sak

    • Peter Rust says:

      Thanks, April!

      Yes, I do hope to occasionally post cute pictures of Jimmy on Jessica’s blog, but I’m reserving this one for my other projects…

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