Pericope 14 - ..and friends..
We see him then reclining in his house
with heaps of tax-collectors and the "sin-
ful" (people too unclean to be espoused
as friends by most good folk - yet here's a "bin-
full") - who recline in house (that's sharing meals!)
with Jesus, and as well, all his disci-
ples. (This was not uncommon,) it reveals
the many folk who followed him - alright.
The Teachers of the Law (some Pharisees),
then having seen him eat with "sinners" and
these Tax-collectors, said to his trainees:
"He's eating with the Tax-collectors (banned
from synagogue), the "sinners"! (If you can
imagine, and now read between the lines -
This is prepost'rous for a godly man,
to let himself be smirched in these bad times.
I wonder where they thought that he should eat?
They're pushed and pulled by each suppos-ed "law".
They'd like to... But they can't. It would be sweet…
Their plan is to build fences to ensure
that "good stays in", and "evil is kept out".
This is their plan to manage. Unlike his:
A parent who loves child, will some laws flout,
they want so much to be where their child is!)
Well, Jesus, having heard, says (back) to some,
"The fit and healthy have no need of doct-
ors, but the sick do. No, I haven't come
to call on who's alright, but "sinners" (blocked)!
15Καὶ γίνεται κατακεῖσθαι αὐτὸν ἐν τῇ οἰκίᾳ αὐτοῦ, καὶ πολλοὶ τελῶναι καὶ ἁμαρτωλοὶ συνανέκειντο τῷ Ἰησοῦ καὶ τοῖς μαθηταῖς αὐτοῦ· ἦσαν γὰρ πολλοὶ καὶ ἠκολούθουν αὐτῷ
16καὶ οἱ γραμματεῖς τῶν Φαρισαίων ἰδόντες ὅτι ἐσθίει μετὰ τῶν ἁμαρτωλῶν καὶ τελωνῶν ἔλεγον τοῖς μαθηταῖς αὐτοῦ· ὅτι μετὰ τῶν τελωνῶν καὶ ἁμαρτωλῶν ἐσθίει; 17καὶ ἀκούσας ὁ Ἰησοῦς λέγει αὐτοῖς [ὅτι] οὐ χρείαν ἔχουσιν οἱ ἰσχύοντες ἰατροῦ ἀλλ’ οἱ κακῶς ἔχοντες· οὐκ ἦλθον καλέσαι δικαίους ἀλλ’ ἁμαρτωλούς. Mark 2:15-17 NA28
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