Mark 2:15-25

15 And as he reclined at table in his house, many ¹tax collectors and sinners were reclining with Jesus and his disciples, for there were many who followed him.

16 And ²the scribes of^[a] the Pharisees, when they saw that he was eating with sinners and tax collectors, said to his disciples, ³“Why does he eat^[b] with tax collectors and sinners? ”

17 And when Jesus heard it, he said to them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. ⁴I came not to call the righteous, ⁵but sinners. ”

A Question About Fasting

18 Now ⁶John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting. And people came and said to him, ⁷“Why do John’s disciples and ⁸the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast? ”

19 And Jesus said to them, ⁹“Can the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.

20 ¹⁰The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and ¹¹then they will fast in that day.

21 No one sews a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. If he does, the patch tears away from it, the new from the old, and a worse tear is made.

22 And no one puts new wine into old ¹²wineskins. If he does, the wine will burst the skins—and the wine is destroyed, and so are the skins. But new wine is for fresh wineskins. ” ^[c]

Jesus Is Lord of the Sabbath

23 ¹³One Sabbath he was going through the grainfields, and as they made their way, his disciples ¹⁴began to pluck heads of grain.

24 And the Pharisees were saying to him, “Look, ¹⁵why are they doing ¹⁶what is not lawful on the Sabbath? ”

25 And he said to them, ¹⁷“Have you never read ¹⁸what David did, when he was in need and was hungry, he and those who were with him: