Mar 2:14-17 | NASB1995 | STEP | As He passed by, He saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting in the tax booth , and He said to him, “ Follow Me!” And he got up and followed Him.

a Mark 2:14-17: Matt 9:9-13; Luke 5:27-32

Mark 2:14-17

Levi (Matthew) Called

14 ^aAs He passed by, He saw ^{▼▼ also called Matthew
,} ^cLevi the son of Alphaeus sitting in the tax booth, and He said to him, ^d“Follow Me!” And he got up and followed Him.

15 And it ^{▼▼ Lit happens} happened that He was reclining at the table in his house, and many tax collectors and ^{▼▼ I.e. irreligious Jews}sinners ^{▼▼ Lit were reclining with}were dining with Jesus and His disciples; for there were many of them, and they were following Him. 16 When ^hthe scribes of the Pharisees saw that He was eating with the sinners and tax collectors, they said to His disciples, ⁱ“Why is He eating and drinking with tax collectors and ^{▼▼ I.e. irreligious Jews}sinners?” 17 And hearing this, Jesus said to them, ^k“It is not those who are healthy who need a physician, but those who are sick; I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”