Matthew 9:9-13

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

10As Jesus was having a meal in Matthew’s house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with Jesus and his disciples.

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

12When Jesus heard this he said, “Those who are healthy don’t need a physician, but those who are sick do.

13Go and learn what this saying means: ‘I want mercy and not sacrifice.’ For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”