Matthew 9:9-13

Jesus Calls Matthew

9 ¹As Jesus passed on from there, he saw a man called ²Matthew sitting at the tax booth, and he said to him, "Follow me." And he rose and followed him.

10 And as Jesus^[a] reclined at table in the house, behold, many ³tax collectors and sinners came and were reclining with Jesus and his disciples.

11 And when the Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples, ⁴"Why does your teacher eat with ⁵tax collectors and sinners?"

12 But when he heard it, he said, "Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick.

13 Go and learn ⁶what this means, ⁷'I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.' For ⁸I came not to call the righteous, ⁹but sinners."

Cross References

• 1. For ver. 9-17, see Mark 2:14-22; Luke 5:27-38
• 2. Matthew 10:3; Mark 3:18; Luke 6:15; Acts 1:13
• 3. Matthew 11:19; See Matthew 5:46
• 4. [Luke 15:2]
• 5. [See ver. 10 above]
• 6. Matthew 12:7
• 7. Cited from Hosea 6:6; [Matthew 23:23; Mark 12:33]
• 8. [Luke 15:7; John 9:39]
• 9. 1 Timothy 1:15

Footnotes

• [a]. Greek he