‏ Mark 2:13-17

13Jesus Calls Matthew Matthew 9:9-13; Luke 5:27-32Jesus ▼
▼Lit. He
went out again beside the sea. The whole crowd kept coming to him, and he kept teaching them.Matt 9:9
14As he was walking along, he saw Levi, the son of Alphaeus, sitting at the tax collector's desk. Jesus ▼
▼Lit. He
said to him, “Follow me!” So Levi ▼
▼Lit. he
got up and followed him.Matt 9:9; Luke 5:27

15Later he was having dinner at Levi's ▼
▼Lit. his
house. Many tax collectors and sinners were also eating with Jesus and his disciples, for there were many who were following him.Matt 9:10
16When the scribes and the Pharisees saw him eating with sinners and tax collectors, they said to his disciples, “Why does he eat and drink ▼
▼Other mss. lack and drink
with tax collectors and sinners?”

17When Jesus heard that, he said to them, “Healthy people don't need a physician, but sick ones do. I did not come to call righteous people, but sinners.”Matt 9:12-13; 18:11; Luke 5:31-32; 19:10; 1Tim 1:15

‏ Luke 5:27-32

27Jesus Calls Levi Matthew 9:9-13; Mark 2:13-17After that, Jesus ▼
▼Lit. he
went out and saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the tax collector's desk. He said to him, “Follow me!”Matt 9:9; Mark 2:13-14
28So Levi ▼
▼Lit. he
left everything behind, got up, and followed him.

29Then Levi gave a large banquet at his home for Jesus. ▼
▼Lit. him
A large crowd of tax collectors and others were eating with them.Matt 9:10; Mark 2:15; Luke 15:1
30The Pharisees and their scribes started complaining to Jesus’ ▼
▼Lit. his
disciples, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”

31But Jesus answered them, “Healthy people don't need a physician, but sick people do. 32I have not come to call righteous people, but sinners, to repentance.”Matt 9:13; 1Tim 1:15

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