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Mar 2:16 — 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?

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

How		Mar 2:7; Isa 65:5; Luk 15:2; etc.; Luk 18:11; Luk 19:7,10; 1Cr 2:15; Hbr 12:3
publicans		Mat 18:17

Correlating Passages

How

	Mar 2:7	Why doth this [man] thus speak blasphemies? who can forgive sins but God only?
	Isa 65:5	Which say, Stand by thyself, come not near to me; for I am holier than thou. These [are] a smoke in my nose, a fire that burneth all the day.
	Luk 15:2	And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them.
	Luk 18:11	The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men [are], extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.
	Luk 19:7	And when they saw [it], they all murmured, saying, That he was gone to be guest with a man that is a sinner.
	Luk 19:10	For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.
	1Cr 2:15	But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.
	Hbr 12:3	For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.

publicans

Mat 18:17

And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell [it] unto the church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican.

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Scott, Thomas. "Mark 2:16," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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