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And when Jesus was going from there, he saw a man whose name was Matthew, seated at the place where taxes were taken; and he said to him, Come after me. And he got up and went after him.
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And it came about, when he was in the house taking food, that a number of tax-farmers and sinners came and took their places with Jesus and his disciples.
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And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to his disciples, Why does your Master take food with tax-farmers and sinners?
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But on hearing this he said, Those who are well have no need of a medical man, but those who are ill.
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But go and take to heart the sense of these words, My desire is for mercy, not offerings: for I have come not to get the upright, but sinners.
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Then the disciples of John came to him, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees frequently go without food, but your disciples do not?
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And Jesus said to them, Will the friends of the newly-married man be sad as long as he is with them? But the days will come when he will be taken away from them, and then will they go without food.
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And no man puts a bit of new cloth on an old coat, for by pulling away from the old, it makes a worse hole.
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And men do not put new wine into old wine-skins; or the skins will be burst and the wine will come out, and the skins are of no more use: but they put new wine into new wine-skins, and so the two will be safe.
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While he was saying these things to them, there came a ruler and gave him worship, saying, My daughter is even now dead; but come and put your hand on her, and she will come back to life.
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And Jesus got up and went after him, and so did his disciples.