91As Jesuswent on from there, He saw a mancalled2Matthew, sitting in the taxcollector'sbooth; and He said to him, "3Follow Me!" And he got up and followed Him.
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Then it happened that as Jesus was reclining at the table in the house, behold, manytaxcollectors and sinnerscame and were dining with Jesus and His disciples.
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When the Phariseessaw this, they said to His disciples, "4Why* is your Teachereating with the taxcollectors and sinners?"
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But when Jesus heard this, He said, "It is not 5those who are healthy who need a physician, but those who are sick.
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"But go and learn6what this means: '7I DESIRECOMPASSION, AND NOT SACRIFICE,' for 8I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners."