Matthew 9:9-13

Christian Standard Bible

The Call of Matthew

⁹ As Jesus went on from there,^(A) he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax office, and he said to him, “Follow me,” and he got up and followed him.^(B)

¹⁰ While he was reclining at the table in the house, many tax collectors and sinners came to eat with Jesus and his disciples.^{(C) 11} When the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?” ^(D)

¹² Now when he heard this, he said, “It is not those who are well who need a doctor, but those who are sick.^{(E) 13} Go and learn what this means: I desire mercy and not sacrifice.^[a](F) For I didn’t come to call the righteous, but sinners.”^[b]