Mt 9:9-13

The Call of Matthew.^* 9As Jesus passed on from there,^d he saw a man named Matthew^* sitting at the customs post. He said to him, “Follow me.” And he got up and followed him. 10While he was at table in his house,^* many tax collectors and sinners came and sat with Jesus and his disciples.^e 11The Pharisees saw this and said to his disciples, “Why does your teacher^* eat with tax collectors and sinners?” 12He heard this and said, “Those who are well do not need a physician, but the sick do.^* 13Go and learn the meaning of the words,^f ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’^* I did not come to call the righteous but sinners.”