Jesus went out again beside the sea; the whole crowd gathered around
him, and he taught them. As he was walking along, he saw Levi son of
Alphaeus sitting at the tax booth, and he said to him, "Follow me."
And he got up and followed him.
And as he sat at dinner in Levi's house,
many tax collectors and sinners were also sitting with Jesus and his
disciples - for there were many who followed him. When the scribes of
the Pharisees saw that he was eating with sinners and tax collectors,
they said to his disciples, "Why does he eat with tax collectors and
sinners?" When Jesus heard this, he said to them, "Those who are well
have no need of a physician, but those who are sick; I have come to
call not the righteous but sinners."
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