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Mark 2:17

Teaching Jesus Mission

"It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners."

— Mark 2:17

Jesus explaining why he eats with tax collectors and sinners

Book

Mark

Chapter & Verses

Ch. 2, v.17

Matthew 5:3

"Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven."

Matthew 5:4

"Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted."

Matthew 5:5

"Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth."

Same theme (Jesus Mission) in other Gospels

Matthew 9:12

"It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick."

Matthew 9:13

"I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners."

Matthew 18:18

"Truly I tell you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven."