Matthew the Tax Collector
27 Matt. 9:9–17; Mark 2:13–22After these things He went out and saw a tax collector named Levi, sitting at the tax office. And He said to him, (Mark 8:34); Luke 9:59; John 12:26; 21:19, 22"Follow Me."28 So he left all, rose up, and Matt. 4:22; 19:27; Mark 10:28followed Him.
29 Matt. 9:9, 10; Mark 2:15Then Levi gave Him a great feast in his own house. And Luke 15:1there were a great number of tax collectors and others who sat down with them. 30 And their scribes and the Pharisees complained against His disciples, saying, Matt. 11:19; Luke 15:2; Acts 23:9"Why do You eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?"
31 Jesus answered and said to them, "Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick.32 Matt. 9:13; 1 Tim. 1:15I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance."