Matthew 9:9-17

9As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax office, and he said to him, “Follow me,” and he got up and followed him.

10While he was reclining at the table in the house, many tax collectors and sinners came to eat with Jesus and his disciples.

11When the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”

12Now when he heard this, he said, “It is not those who are well who need a doctor, but those who are sick.

13Go and learn what this means: I desire mercy and not sacrifice. For I didn’t come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

14Then John’s disciples came to him, saying, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples do not fast?”

15Jesus said to them, “Can the wedding guests be sad while the groom is with them? The time will come when the groom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.

16No one patches an old garment with unshrunk cloth, because the patch pulls away from the garment and makes the tear worse.

17And no one puts new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the skins burst, the wine spills out, and the skins are ruined. No, they put new wine into fresh wineskins, and both are preserved.”