Mar 2:13-17, Luk 5:27-32 | ISV | STEP | Jesus Calls Matthew Jesus went out again beside the sea. The whole crowd kept coming to him, and he kept teaching them.

Mark 2:13-17

13 Jesus Calls Matthew Matthew 9:9-13; Luke 5:27-32Jesus ^{▼▼Lit. He} went out again beside the sea. The whole crowd kept coming to him, and he kept teaching them.Matt 9:9 14 As he was walking along, he saw Levi, the son of Alphaeus, sitting at the tax collector's desk. Jesus ^{▼▼Lit. He} said to him, “Follow me!” So Levi ^{▼▼Lit. he} got up and followed him.Matt 9:9; Luke 5:27

15 Later he was having dinner at Levi's ^{▼▼Lit. his} house. Many tax collectors and sinners were also eating with Jesus and his disciples, for there were many who were following him.Matt 9:10 16 When the scribes and the Pharisees saw him eating with sinners and tax collectors, they said to his disciples, “Why does he eat and drink ^{▼▼Other mss. lack and drink} with tax collectors and sinners?”

17 When Jesus heard that, he said to them, “Healthy people don't need a physician, but sick ones do. I did not come to call righteous people, but sinners.”Matt 9:12-13; 18:11; Luke 5:31-32; 19:10; 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