Matthew the Tax Collector
13 aThen He went out again by the sea; and all the multitude came to Him, and He taught them.
14 aAs He passed by, He saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax office. And He said to him, b“Follow Me.” So he arose and cfollowed Him.
15 aNow it happened, as He was dining in Levi’s house, that many tax collectors and sinners also sat together with Jesus and His disciples; for there were many, and they followed Him.
16 And when the scribes1 and Pharisees saw Him eating with the tax collectors and sinners, they said to His disciples, “How is it that He eats and drinks with tax collectors and sinners?”
17 When Jesus heard it, He said to them, a“Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners,1 to repentance.”
Jesus Is Questioned About Fasting
18 aThe disciples of John and of the Pharisees were fasting. Then they came and said to Him, “Why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast, but Your disciples do not fast?”
19 And Jesus said to them, “Can the1 friends of the bridegroom fast while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them they cannot fast.
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