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Matthew 9:9-13 "Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?" CSB


The Call of Matthew

Matthew 9:9-13 As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the toll booth, and he said to him, "Follow me." and he got up and followed him.

While he was reclining at the table in the house, many tax collectors and sinners came to eat with Jesus and his disciples.

When the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples,

Question in the Bible

"Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?"

Answer in the Bible

Now when he heard this, he said, "It is not those who are well who need a doctor, but those who are sick.

Go and learn what this means: I desire mercy and not sacrifice. For I didn't come to call the righteous, but sinners."