Study Preparation and Discussion Questions - Mark 2.13-22
The Calling of Levi and Questions About Fasting
Recommended Preparation
1) Mark 2.13-22
2) Mark For Everyone, pages 19-25
Discussion Questions
1) What do we know about the role of tax collectors in Jesus' day and how would Levi would he have been viewed by the followers of Jesus and others observing this scene?
2) Why does Jesus welcome Levi and eat at his house?
3) The next event Mark reports deals with fasting, not feasting (2.18-22). Why did Jesus and his disciples not fast? How is Jesus and his teaching like the unshrunk cloth and the new wine?
1) Mark 2.13-22
2) Mark For Everyone, pages 19-25
Discussion Questions
1) What do we know about the role of tax collectors in Jesus' day and how would Levi would he have been viewed by the followers of Jesus and others observing this scene?
2) Why does Jesus welcome Levi and eat at his house?
3) The next event Mark reports deals with fasting, not feasting (2.18-22). Why did Jesus and his disciples not fast? How is Jesus and his teaching like the unshrunk cloth and the new wine?