Mat 9:9-13, Luk 5:27-32 | ISV | STEP | Jesus Calls Matthew As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax collector's desk and said to him, “Follow me.” So he got up and followed him.

Matthew 9:9-13

9 Jesus Calls Matthew Mark 2:13-17; Luke 5:27-32As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax collector's desk and said to him, “Follow me.” So he got up and followed him.Mark 2:14; Luke 5:27

10 While he was having dinner at Matthew's ^{▼▼Lit. the} home, many tax collectors and sinners arrived and began eating with Jesus and his disciples.Mark 2:15; Luke 5:29 11 The Pharisees saw this and said to his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”Matt 11:19; Luke 5:30; 15:2; Gal 2:15

12 When Jesus ^{▼▼Lit. he} heard that, he said, “Healthy people don't need a physician, but sick people do. 13 Go and learn what this means: ‘I want mercy and not sacrifice.’ ^{▼▼Hos 6:6} For I did not come to call righteous people, but sinners.”Hos 6:6; Mic 6:6-8; Matt 12:7; 1Tim 1:15

Luke 5:27-32

27 Jesus Calls Levi Matthew 9:9-13; Mark 2:13-17After that, Jesus ^{▼▼Lit. he} went out and saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the tax collector's desk. He said to him, “Follow me!”Matt 9:9; Mark 2:13-14 28 So Levi ^{▼▼Lit. he} left everything behind, got up, and followed him.

29 Then Levi gave a large banquet at his home for Jesus. ^{▼▼Lit. him} A large crowd of tax collectors and others were eating with them.Matt 9:10; Mark 2:15; Luke 15:1 30 The Pharisees and their scribes started complaining to Jesus’ ^{▼▼Lit. his} disciples, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”

31 But Jesus answered them, “Healthy people don't need a physician, but sick people do. 32 I have not come to call righteous people, but sinners, to repentance.”Matt 9:13; 1Tim 1:15