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Mark 2:13-28 (GN)

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¹³ Jesus went back again to the shore of Lake Galilee. A crowd came to him, and he started teaching them. ¹⁴ As he walked along, he saw a tax collector, Levi son of Alphaeus, sitting in his office. Jesus said to him, "Follow me." Levi got up and followed him. ¹⁵ Later on Jesus was having a meal in Levi's house. A large number of tax collectors and other outcasts was following Jesus, and many of them joined him and his disciples at the table. ¹⁶ Some teachers of the Law, who were Pharisees, saw that Jesus was eating with these outcasts and tax collectors, so they asked his disciples, "Why does he eat with such people?" ¹⁷ Jesus heard them and answered, "People who are well do not need a doctor, but only those who are sick. I have not come to call respectable people, but outcasts." ¹⁸ On one occasion the followers of John the Baptist and the Pharisees were fasting. Some people came to Jesus and asked him, "Why is it that the disciples of John the Baptist and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but yours do not?" ¹⁹ Jesus answered, "Do you expect the guests at a wedding party to go without food? Of course not! As long as the bridegroom is with them, they will not do that. ²⁰ But the day will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast. ²¹ "No one uses a piece of new cloth to patch up an old coat, because the new patch will shrink and tear off some of the old cloth, making an even bigger hole. ²² Nor does anyone pour new wine into used wineskins, because the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the skins will be ruined. Instead, new wine must be poured into fresh wineskins." ²³ Jesus was walking through some wheat fields on a Sabbath. As his disciples walked along with him, they began to pick the heads of wheat. ²⁴ So the Pharisees said to Jesus, "Look, it is against our Law for your disciples to do that on the Sabbath!" ²⁵ Jesus answered, "Have you never read what David did that time when he needed something to eat? He and his men were hungry, ²⁶ so he went into the house of God and ate the bread offered to God. This happened when Abiathar was the High Priest. According to our Law only the priests may eat this bread---but David ate it and even gave it to his men." ²⁷ And Jesus concluded, "The Sabbath was made for the good of human beings; they were not made for the Sabbath. ²⁸ So the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath."


This passage relates to the following topic(s):
(v. 18) Fasting - Jesus - asked why his disciples were not fasting (Mark)
(v. 19) Fasting - Jesus - asked why his disciples were not fasting (Mark)
(v. 20) Fasting - Jesus - asked why his disciples were not fasting (Mark)
(v. 22) Evangelism - Need for new wine skins
(v. 22) Zeal / Boldness / Radicalness - Pour new wine into new wineskins

This passage relates to the following question(s):
(v. 14) Was the apostle's name Levi or Matthew? Follow me, Jesus told him, and Levi got up

This passage is referenced in the following quiet time(s):
(v. 13) Day 32 - Walking as Jesus did (2012-01-04)
(v. 13) A Life of Impact - Focus on the individual (2009-06-21)
(v. 14) Day 32 - Walking as Jesus did (2012-01-04)
(v. 14) A Life of Impact - Focus on the individual (2009-06-21)
(v. 15) A Life of Impact - Nonconformist (2009-06-22)
(v. 15) Day 32 - Walking as Jesus did (2012-01-04)
(v. 15) A Life of Impact - Focus on the individual (2009-06-21)
(v. 16) Day 32 - Walking as Jesus did (2012-01-04)
(v. 16) A Life of Impact - Focus on the individual (2009-06-21)
(v. 16) A Life of Impact - Nonconformist (2009-06-22)
(v. 17) Jesus with People - Give or Take? (2009-02-03)
(v. 17) Day 32 - Walking as Jesus did (2012-01-04)
(v. 17) A Life of Impact - Nonconformist (2009-06-22)
(v. 17) A Life of Impact - Focus on the individual (2009-06-21)
(v. 21) Day 14 - A New Creation (2011-12-17)
(v. 22) Day 14 - A New Creation (2011-12-17)
(v. 27) A Life of Impact - Conciseness and Boldness (2009-06-23)
(v. 28) A Life of Impact - Conciseness and Boldness (2009-06-23)

Definition(s):
Abiathar (Ab-eye-a-thar): excellent father; father of the remnant
David (Deh-vidd): well-beloved, dear
Levi (Lee-vi): associated with him
Pharisees (Fehr-iss-ees): set apart
On (Onn):
So (Soh):