Mark 2:14-16

Disciples’ Literal New Testament

¹⁴ And while passing on He saw Levi, the son of Alphaeus, sitting at the tax-office^[a]. And He says to him “Be following Me!” And having stood-up, he followed Him. ¹⁵ And it comes about that He was reclining [to eat] in his^[b] house. And many tax-collectors and sinners were reclining-back-with Jesus and His disciples. For there were many, and they were following Him. ¹⁶ And the scribes of the Pharisees, having seen that He was eating with the sinners and tax collectors, were saying to His disciples “Why is it that^[c] He is eating with the tax collectors and sinners?”