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Mark 2:13-28 (NLT)

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¹³ Then Jesus went out to the lakeshore again and taught the crowds that were coming to him. ¹⁴ As he walked along, he saw Levi son of Alphaeus sitting at his tax collector's booth. "Follow me and be my disciple," Jesus said to him. So Levi got up and followed him. ¹⁵ Later, Levi invited Jesus and his disciples to his home as dinner guests, along with many tax collectors and other disreputable sinners. (There were many people of this kind among Jesus' followers.) ¹⁶ But when the teachers of religious law who were Pharisees saw him eating with tax collectors and other sinners, they asked his disciples, "Why does he eat with such scum?" ¹⁷ ¹⁸ Once when John's disciples and the Pharisees were fasting, some people came to Jesus and asked, "Why don't your disciples fast like John's disciples and the Pharisees do?" ¹⁹ Jesus replied, "Do wedding guests fast while celebrating with the groom? Of course not. They can't fast while the groom is with them. ²⁰ But someday the groom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast. ²¹ "Besides, who would patch old clothing with new cloth? For the new patch would shrink and rip away from the old cloth, leaving an even bigger tear than before. ²² "And no one puts new wine into old wineskins. For the wine would burst the wineskins, and the wine and the skins would both be lost. New wine calls for new wineskins." ²³ One Sabbath day as Jesus was walking through some grainfields, his disciples began breaking off heads of grain to eat. ²⁴ But the Pharisees said to Jesus, "Look, why are they breaking the law by harvesting grain on the Sabbath?" ²⁵ Jesus said to them, "Haven't you ever read in the Scriptures what David did when he and his companions were hungry? ²⁶ He went into the house of God (during the days when Abiathar was high priest) and broke the law by eating the sacred loaves of bread that only the priests are allowed to eat. He also gave some to his companions." ²⁷ Then Jesus said to them, "The Sabbath was made to meet the needs of people, and not people to meet the requirements of the Sabbath. ²⁸ So the Son of Man is Lord, even over 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
Jesus (Jeez-us): savior; deliverer
Levi (Lee-vi): associated with him
Pharisees (Fehr-iss-ees): set apart
Alphaeus (Al-fee-us):
So (Soh):