¹⁰ And it happened as^[a] he was dining^[b] in the house, behold, many tax collectors and sinners were coming and^[c] dining^[d] with Jesus and his disciples. ¹¹ And when they^[e] saw it,^[f] the Pharisees began to say to his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?” ¹² And when he^[g] heard it,^[h] he said, “Those who are healthy do not have need of a physician, but those who are sick.^{[i] 13} But go and^[j] learn what it means, “I want mercy and not sacrifice.”^[k] For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

On Fasting

¹⁴ Then the disciples of John^[l] approached him, saying, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples do not fast?” ¹⁵ And Jesus said to them, “The bridegroom’s attendants^[m] are not able to mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them. But days are coming when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast. ¹⁶ But no one puts a patch of unshrunken cloth on an old garment, for its patch pulls away from the garment, and the tear becomes worse. ¹⁷ Nor do they put new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise^[n] the wineskins burst and the wine is spilled, and the wineskins are destroyed. But they put new wine into new wineskins and both are preserved.”