KJV ORIGINAL
And it came to pass, that, as Jesus sat at meat in his house, many publicans and sinners sat also together with Jesus and his disciples: for there were many, and they followed him.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
So Jesus is having dinner at this guy's house, and the table is packed with tax collectors and people everyone else wrote off as 'bad.' They're all just sitting there eating with Jesus and his crew — and honestly, there were tons of them because they'd started following him around.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
Jesus pulled up to dinner with all the people society had canceled, and they couldn't get enough of him.
📜 Historical Context — Why was this verse written?
The Gospel of Mark was traditionally written by John Mark for a Gentile Christian audience, likely in Rome, around the mid-60s CE. It was written to preserve Peter's eyewitness account of Jesus' life and teachings, and to encourage Christians facing persecution.
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