Mark 2:13-17
Then Jesus went again to walk alongside the lake. Again a crowd came to him, and he taught them. Strolling along, he saw Levi, son of Alphaeus, at his work collecting taxes. Jesus said, “Come along with me.” He came.Later Jesus and his disciples were at home having supper with a collection of disreputable guests. Unlikely as it seems, more than a few of them had become followers. The religion scholars and Pharisees saw him keeping this kind of company and lit into his disciples: “What kind of example is this, acting cozy with the riffraff?”
Jesus, overhearing, shot back, “Who needs a doctor: the healthy or the sick? I’m here inviting the sin-sick, not the spiritually-fit.”
June 27th, 2007 at 7:49 pm
“disreputable guests. Unlikely as it seems, more than a few of them had become followers.”
Just wondering…any idea in what way these guests were “disreputable”?
What would the writer have meant?
July 2nd, 2007 at 8:31 am
I recently bought the short film “scummy man” by the artic monkeys - brilliant! (not if you’re easily offended tho)
You can see the music video bit in the song “when the sun goes down” on youtube. For me it captures v powerfully the kind of “disreputable” people Jesus hung out with.