Be Still And Know

Mark 2:17 Jesus said: “Healthy people don’t need a doctor—sick people do. I have come to call not those who think they are righteous, but those who know they are sinners.” The way in which Jesus lived was a shock to the respectable religious leaders of his day. They were eager to do everything they could to avoid becoming ritually impure, as this would mean they couldn’t take part in temple worship. Jesus’ parable of the good Samaritan powerfully describes the situation. The first two people who walked past the wounded man were a priest and a Levite. Jesus wasn’t suggesting that they didn’t care. However, their priority was to remain ritually clean so that they could perform their duties in the temple. Jesus, on the other hand, didn’t seem to be bothered about staying ritually clean according to the Jewish law. He gladly associated with dodgy people, even though he must have known that this would have offended the religious leaders. Here, Jesus explained the reason why he acted in this way. It was because