Marcos 2:15-22 NTV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Mark 2:13-17

Here is, I. Christ preaching by the sea-side (Mark 2:13), whither he went for room, because he found, upon second trial, no house or street large enough to contain his auditory; but upon the strand there might come as many as would. It should seem by this, that our Lord Jesus had a strong voice, and could and did speak loud; for wisdom crieth without in the places of concourse. Wherever he goes, though it be to the sea-side, multitudes resort to him. Wherever the doctrine of Christ is... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Mark 2:18-28

Christ had been put to justify himself in conversing with publicans and sinners: here he is put to justify his disciples; and in what they do according to his will he will justify them, and bear them out. I. He justifies them in their not fasting, which was turned to their reproach by the Pharisees. Why do the Pharisees and the disciples of John fast? They used to fast, the Pharisees fasted twice in the week (Luke 18:12), and probably the disciples of John did so too; and, it should seem, this... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Mark 2:15-17

2:15-17 Jesus was sitting at a meal in Levi's house, and many tax-collectors and sinners were sitting with Jesus and his disciples, for there were many of them, and they sought his company. When the experts in the law, who belonged to the school of the Pharisees, saw that he was eating in the company of sinners and tax-gatherers, they began to say to his disciples, "It is with tax-collectors and sinners that he is eating and drinking." Jesus heard them. "It is not those who are in good health... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Mark 2:18-20

2:18-20 The disciples of John were in the habit of fasting, as were the Pharisees. So they came to Jesus and said, "Why do John's disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, while your disciples do not?" "Surely," Jesus said to them, "his closest friends cannot fast while the bridegroom is still with them? So long as they have the bridegroom they do not fast. But the days will come when some day the bridegroom will be taken away from them--and then, in that day, they will fast." ... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Mark 2:21-22

2:21-22 No one sews a patch of new cloth on to an old garment. If he does the bit that was meant to fill in the hole tears it apart--the new from the old--and the tear is made worse. No one puts new wine into old wineskins. If he does the wine will burst the wineskins, and the wine will be lost as well as the wineskins. New skins for new wine! Jesus knew quite well that he was coming with a message which was startlingly new; and he also knew that his way of life was shatteringly different... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 2:15

And it came to pass, that as Jesus sat at meat in his house ,.... In the house of Levi; not in the custom house, or toll booth, for that he left; but in his house in the city of Capernaum, where he had him, and made an entertainment for him, in token of gratitude, for the high favour bestowed on him: many publicans and sinners sat also together, with Jesus, and his disciples ; being invited by Levi, and not objected to by Christ; See Gill on Matthew 9:10 . for there were many, and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 2:16

And when the Scribes and Pharisees saw him eat ,.... They were offended at his eating and drinking, though it was in moderation; because he did not fast as they, and their disciples did; and especially, that he eat with publicans and sinners ; men of very infamous characters, and bad lives, with whom the Pharisees disdained to keep company: they said unto his disciples, how is it that he eateth and drinketh with publicans and sinners ? The Vulgate Latin, Arabic, Persic, and Ethiopic... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 2:17

When Jesus heard it, he saith to them ,.... Christ either overheard what they said to his disciples, or he heard it from the relation of the disciples; and when he did, he turned to the Scribes and Pharisees, and spoke to them the following words: they that are whole, have no need of the physician, but they that are sick ; which seems to be a proverbial expression, signifying that he was a physician; that these publicans and sinners were sick persons, and needed his company and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 2:18

And the disciples of John and of the Pharisees used to fast ,.... Or "were fasting"; perhaps that very day, and so were the more displeased at this entertainment, Matthew had made for Christ and his disciples, and at their being at it; or fasting was usual with them: they fasted often, both John's disciples, and the disciples of the Pharisees, or the Pharisees themselves; so the Vulgate Latin reads: of their frequent fasting; see Gill on Matthew 9:14 , and they came : both the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 2:19

And Jesus said unto them ,.... Both to John's disciples and the Pharisees, can the children of the bride chamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them ? Suggesting that he was the bridegroom, as John their master had called him, John 3:29 , and that his disciples were the children of the bride chamber; and that it was very unsuitable for them, and very unreasonable to desire them to fast at such a time, and under such a character: wherefore the answer returned by Christ himself to... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Mark 2:13-17

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Mark 2:18-28

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Mark 2:15-17

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Mark 2:18-20

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Mark 2:21-22

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 2:15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 2:16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 2:17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 2:18

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 2:19

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