Matthew 9:9-13 As Jesus was passing thence, he saw a man called Mathew sitting at the tax-office, and said to him, "Follow me."

MNT⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁹ As Jesus was passing thence, he saw a man called Mathew sitting at the tax-office, and said to him, "Follow me." ¹⁰ And he rose and followed him. And while he was at table in Matthew's house, there came many tax-gatherers and sinners, and they dined with Jesus and his disciples. ¹¹ When the Pharisees saw it, they kept saying to his disciples, "Why does your Teacher eat with the tax-gatherers and sinners?" ¹² "It is not those who are well," said Jesus, when he heard this, "but the sick, who need a doctor. ¹³ "But go and learn what this means, "It is mercy I desire, and not sacrifice; for I am come not to call just men, but sinners."