Mark 2:11 - I’m telling you, get up, and take your bed, and go home.
Mark 2:12 - He immediately stood up, picked up his bedding and walked around them, and they were amazed and gave Glory to God by saying, We never saw anything like this!
Mark 2:13 - And he stood there on the shore; and the crowds flocked towards him, and he educated them.
Mark 2:14 - And passing by, he saw Levi who was the son of Alphaeus sitting at the receipt of custom, and he said to him, Follow me. And he got up and followed him.
Mark 2:15 - And at some point or another, while Jesus was having dinner, many tax collectors and immoral people actually sat with Jesus and his students: there were so many, and they followed him.
Mark 2:16 - And when the scribes and the Pharisees saw him eating with the tax collectors and the sinners ,they told his disciples ,How is he able to eat and drink with such people.
Mark 2:17 - Jesus said, I have come to help the sinners not the righteous, for those that are healthy need no healer, while those who are sick need my help.
Mark 2:18 - And the disciples of John and the Pharisees fasted: and they went to him and asked, Why do the disciples of John and the Pharisees fast, but yours do not?
Mark 2:19 - And Jesus said to them, Can the children of the bridechamber fast, as long as the bridegroom is still with them? As long as the bridegroom is with them, they are unable to fast.
Mark 2:20 - One day, the groom will be taken away and they will fast when he is gone.