Jesus Calls Matthew

(Mark 2:13–17, Luke 5:27–32)

As Jesus went on from there, He saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax booth.“Follow Me,” He told him, and [Matthew] got up [and] followed Him.

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Later, as [Jesus] was dining at [Matthew’s] house, many tax collectors and sinners came [and] ate with [Him] and His disciples. 11 When the Pharisees saw this, they asked His disciples,“Why {does} your Teacher eat[fn] with tax collectors and sinners?”

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[On] hearing this, Jesus said to them,[fn]“[It is] not the healthy [who] need a doctor, but the vvv sick. 13 But go [and] learn what this means:‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’[fn] For I have not come to call [the] righteous, but sinners, to repentance.[fn]”

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