Matthew 9:9-13 (Gospel)
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- As Jesus passed on from there, He saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax office. And He said to him, “Follow Me.” So he arose and followed Him.
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- Now it happened, as Jesus sat at the table in the house, that behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and sat down with Him and His disciples.
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- And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to His disciples, “Why does your Teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
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- When Jesus heard that, He said to them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick.
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- But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy and not sacrifice.’ For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.”