Matthew 9:9-13
9Jesus 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 10While 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 11The 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 12When Jesus ▼▼Lit. he
heard that, he said, “Healthy people don't need a physician, but sick people do. 13Go 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 Mark 2:13-17
13Jesus 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 14As 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 15Later 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 16When 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?” 17When 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
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