Mark 2:13-17 ▼

13 And He went out again beside the sea. And all the crowd was coming to Him, and He taught them.

14 And passing by, He saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax booth, and He says to him, “Follow Me.” And having risen up, he followed Him.

15 And it came to pass, in His reclining in his house, that many tax collectors and sinners were reclining with Jesus and His disciples; for there were many, and they were following Him.

16 And the scribes of the Pharisees, having seen that He eats with the sinners and tax collectors, were saying to His disciples, “Why does He eat with the tax collectors and sinners?”

17 And Jesus, having heard, says to them, “Those being strong have no need of a physician, rather those being ill. I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”