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|Marcos 2:11|"I say to you, get up, pick up your mat and go home."
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|Marcos 2:12| And he got up and immediately picked up the mat and went out before them all, so that they all were astonished and they glorified and praised God, saying, "We have never seen anything like this!"
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|Marcos 2:13| Jesus went out again along the[Galilean] seashore; and all the people were coming to Him, and He was teaching them.
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|Marcos 2:14| As He was passing by, He saw Levi (Matthew) the son of Alphaeus sitting in the4 tax collector's booth, and He said to him,"Follow Me And he got up and followed Him[as My disciple, accepting Me as your Master and Teacher and walking the same path of life that I walk] ."[becoming His disciple, believing and trusting in Him and following His example] .
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|Marcos 2:15| And it happened that Jesus was5 reclining at the table in Levi's house, and many tax collectors and sinners[including non-observant Jews] were eating with Him and His disciples; for there were many of them and they were6 following Him.
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|Marcos 2:16| When the scribes[belonging to the sect] of the7 Pharisees saw that Jesus was eating with the sinners[including non-observant Jews] and tax collectors, they asked His disciples, "Why does He eat and drink with8 tax collectors and sinners?"
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|Marcos 2:17| When Jesus heard this, He said to them,"Those who are healthy have no need of a physician, but [only] those who are sick; I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners[who recognize their sin and humbly seek forgiveness] ."
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|Marcos 2:18| Now John's disciples and the Pharisees were fasting[as a ritual] ; and they came and asked Jesus, "Why are John's disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fasting, but Your disciples are not doing so?"
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|Marcos 2:19| Jesus answered,"The attendants of the bridegroom9 cannot fast while the bridegroom is [still] with them, can they? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.
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|Marcos 2:20|But the days will come when the bridegroom is [forcefully] 10 taken away from them, and they will fast at that time.
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