5.2 - The call of levi Flashcards
Explain Mark 2:13-17
(the call of Levi)
Once again Jesus went out beside the lake. A large crowd came to him, and he began to teach them. As he walked along, he saw Levi son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax collector’s booth. “Follow me,” Jesus told him, and Levi got up and followed him.
While Jesus was having dinner at Levi’s house, many tax collectors and sinners were eating with him and his disciples, for there were many who followed him. 16 When the teachers of the law who were Pharisees saw him eating with the sinners and tax collectors, they asked his disciples: “Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
On hearing this, Jesus said to them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
it was common for teachers to have what?
a group of disciples/followers
why was it shocking that Jesus told Levi to follow Him?
It was unlikely for a tax collector to be a good candidate for a follower of a religious leader.
tax collectors were regarded as what in society?
among the most hated
What did Levi do when Jesus called him?
he left his tax booth and immediately got up and followed Jesus
Who is Levi regarded to be?
Matthew, another gospel writer
Who did Jesus eat with?
tax collectors and sinners
Why was this surprising to the Jewish pharisees?
It was unaccpetabke to them. They were tounded that Jesus, the supposed son of God was eating wiht them.
What was Jesus’ reasoning for it?
healthy people don’t need doctors, sick people do.
What is the passage the start of?
conflict between Jesus and the pharisees
