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27 After this, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector by the name of Levi sitting at his tax booth. "Follow me," Jesus said to him,
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27 After this, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector by the name of Levi sitting at his tax booth. "Follow me," Jesus said to him,
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28 and Levi got up, left everything and followed him.
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28 and Levi got up, left everything and followed him.
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29 Then Levi held a great banquet for Jesus at his house, and a large crowd of tax collectors and others were eating with them.
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29 Then Levi held a great banquet for Jesus at his house, and a large crowd of tax collectors and others were eating with them.
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30 But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law who belonged to their sect complained to his disciples, "Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and 'sinners'?"
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30 But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law who belonged to their sect complained to his disciples, "Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and 'sinners'?"
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31 Jesus answered them, "It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.
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31 Jesus answered them, "It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.
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32 I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance."
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32 I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance."
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Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online) |
