Jesus Calls Levi

13 ^cHe went out again beside the sea, and all the crowd was coming to him, and he was teaching them.

Jesus Calls Matthew

9 ^qAs Jesus passed on from there, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax booth, and he said to him, ^r“Follow me.” And he rose and followed him.

15 And as he reclined at table in his house, ^emany tax collectors and sinners were reclining with Jesus and his disciples, for there were many who followed him. 16 And the scribes of¹ the Pharisees, when they saw that he was eating with sinners and tax collectors, said to his disciples, “Why does he ^feat² with tax collectors and sinners?” 17 And when Jesus heard it, he said to them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. ^gI came not to call the righteous, but sinners.”

13 Go and learn what this means: ^u‘I desire ^vmercy, and not sacrifice.’ For ^wI came not to call the righteous, but sinners.”