Jesus Calls Levi

27 After this Jesus went out and saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the tax booth. Jesus said to him, “Follow me,” 28 and leaving everything behind, Levi rose and followed him.

29 Then Levi gave a great banquet for Jesus in his house, and there was a large crowd of tax collectors and others reclining at the table with them. 30 But the [fn]scribes of the people and the Pharisees were grumbling at his disciples, saying, “Why are you eating and drinking with tax collectors and sinners?” 31 Jesus answered them, “It is not those who are well who need a physician, but those who are sick. 32 I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”