Matthew 9:9-13
Contemporary English Version
Jesus Chooses Matthew
(Mark 2.13-17; Luke 5.27-32)
9 As Jesus was leaving, he saw a tax collector[a] named Matthew sitting at the place for paying taxes. Jesus said to him, “Follow me.” Matthew got up and went with him.
10 (A) Later, Jesus and his disciples were having dinner at Matthew's house.[b] Many tax collectors and other sinners were also there. 11 Some Pharisees asked Jesus' disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and other sinners?”
12 Jesus heard them and answered, “Healthy people don't need a doctor, but sick people do. 13 (B) Go and learn what the Scriptures mean when they say, ‘Instead of offering sacrifices to me, I want you to be merciful to others.’ I didn't come to invite good people to be my followers. I came to invite sinners.”
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Mateo 9:9-13
Traducción en lenguaje actual
Jesús llama a Mateo
9 Cuando Jesús salió de allí, vio a un hombre llamado Mateo, que estaba sentado cobrando impuestos para el gobierno de Roma. Entonces Jesús le dijo: «Sígueme».
Mateo se levantó y lo siguió.
10 Ese mismo día, Jesús y sus discípulos fueron a comer a casa de Mateo. Allí también estaban comiendo otros cobradores de impuestos y gente de mala fama. 11 Cuando algunos fariseos vieron a toda esa gente, les preguntaron a los discípulos:
—¿Por qué su maestro come con cobradores de impuestos y con pecadores?
12 Jesús oyó lo que decían los fariseos y les dijo:
—Los que necesitan del médico son los enfermos, no los que están sanos. 13 Mejor vayan y traten de averiguar lo que Dios quiso decir con estas palabras: “Prefiero que sean compasivos con la gente, y no que me traigan ofrendas”. Yo vine a invitar a los pecadores para que sean mis discípulos, no a los que se creen buenos.
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Matthew 9:9-13
King James Version
9 And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him.
10 And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners came and sat down with him and his disciples.
11 And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners?
12 But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick.
13 But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
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