Mark 2:16 And when the scribes and Pharisees saw him eat with publicans and sinners, they said unto his disciples, How is it that he eateth and drinketh with publicans and sinners?

I so much want to answer the scribes and the Pharisees here.

Here is a man of God who has no home, no house he can call his own. These who have nothing give everything they have to sit with him and share. You who have everything have offered him nothing.

The sitting is fellowship, to come to know each other, to open up and reveal yourself. Jesus had nothing to offer except himself. Those who had nothing were eager to receive Jesus.

Those who had much had a heart to keep all they had and gain more. Jesus had nothing to offer them in their eyes. To sit with Jesus would have meant to expose themselves to the righteousness of God and they possessed their own righteousness and were not willing to part with any of it.

Matthew 6:2 Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.

The scribes and Pharisees give only with the intent to build their own reputation and image.

All the sinners and publicans had to offer where their sins, and Jesus took them gladly.

Jesus would have taken the sins of the scribes and Pharisees also, but they chose not to sit with Him.

They were not willing to give up their sins.

Jesus begs, come sit, give me your all.

Will you sit?