friends. 2. Jesus is criticized by the wicked Pharisees for eating with publicans and sinners. 3. He rebukes them, explaining that he came to call sinners to repentance, and not the so-called righteous (Mt. 9:10–15; Mk. 2:15–20; Lk. 5:29–35). A. Thirteenth parable: A rent cloth and a ruptured container (Mt. 9:16, 17; Mk. 2:21, 22; Lk. 5:36–39). 2. Some disciples of John the Baptist ask Jesus why they fast and neither he nor his disciples are required to do this. 3. Jesus explains that the friends