Mark 2:14-17

New American Standard Bible

Levi (Matthew) Called

^14 (A)As He passed by, He saw ^[a](B)Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting in the tax office, and He *said to him, “^(C)Follow Me!” And he got up and followed Him.

¹⁵ And it *happened that He was reclining at the table in his house, and many tax collectors and ^[b]sinners were ^[c]dining with Jesus and His disciples; for there were many of them, and they were following Him. ¹⁶ When ^(D)the scribes of the Pharisees saw that He was eating with the ^[d]sinners and tax collectors, they said to His disciples, “^(E)Why is He eating with tax collectors and ^[e]sinners?” ¹⁷ And hearing this, Jesus *said to them, “^(F)It is not those who are healthy who need a physician, but those who are sick; I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”