Mat 9:9-13 | NASB1995 | STEP | As Jesus went on from there , He saw a man called Matthew , sitting in the tax collector’s booth ; and He said to him, “ Follow Me!” And he got up and followed Him.

Matthew 9:9-13

Matthew Called

9 ^aAs Jesus went on from there, He saw a man called ^bMatthew, sitting in the tax collector’s booth; and He said to him, ^c“Follow Me!” And he got up and followed Him.

10 Then it happened that as ^{▼▼ Lit He}Jesus was reclining at the table in the house, behold, many tax collectors and ^{▼▼ I.e. irreligious Jews}sinners came and were dining with Jesus and His disciples. 11 When the Pharisees saw this, they said to His disciples, ^f“Why is your Teacher eating with the tax collectors and sinners?” 12 But when Jesus heard this, He said, “It is not ^gthose who are healthy who need a physician, but those who are sick. 13 “But go and learn ^{▼▼ Lit what is
,} ⁱwhat this means: ‘ ^jI desire ^{▼▼ Or mercy} compassion, ^{▼▼ I.e. more than} and not sacrifice,’ for ^mI did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”