Matthew the Tax Collector
13 Matt. 9:9Then He went out again by the sea; and all the multitude came to Him, and He taught them. 14 Matt. 9:9–13; Luke 5:27–32As He passed by, He saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax office. And He said to him, Matt. 4:19; 8:22; 19:21; John 1:43; 12:26; 21:22"Follow Me." So he arose and Luke 18:28followed Him.
15 Matt. 9:10Now 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 scribes and Pharisees saw Him eating with the tax collectors and sinners, they said to His disciples, "How isit that He eats and drinks with tax collectors and sinners?"
17 When Jesus heard it, He said to them, Matt. 9:12, 13; 18:11; Luke 5:31, 32; 19:10"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, to repentance."