Bible verse for September 2

¹⁴ As he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax booth, and he said to him, “Follow me.” He got up and followed him. ¹⁵ Later, as Jesus was reclining at table in his house, many tax collectors and sinners were at table with Jesus and his disciples, for there were many of them, and they were following him. ¹⁶ When the scribes of the Pharisees saw that he was eating with sinners and tax collectors, they said to his disciples, “Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?” ¹⁷ When Jesus heard this, he said to them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.” ¹⁸ John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting. People came and said to Jesus, “Why do John’s disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?” ¹⁹ Jesus said to them, “The wedding guests cannot fast while the bridegroom is with them, can they? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast. ²⁰ But the days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast on that day.

Read all of Mark 2