Matthew 9:9-13 ▼

9 And as Iesus passed foorth from thence, he sawe a man, named Matthewe, syttyng at the receipte of custome: & he sayth vnto hym, folowe me. And he arose, and folowed hym.

10 And it came to passe, as Iesus sate at meate in his house, beholde, many publicans also and sinners came, and sate downe with Iesus and his disciples.

11 And when the Pharisees sawe it, they sayde vnto his disciples: Why eateth your maister with publicans and sinners?

12 But when Iesus hearde that, he sayde vnto them: They that be whole, nede not the phisition, but they that are sicke.

13 Go ye, and learne what that meaneth, I wyll haue mercie, and not sacrifice: for I am not come, to call the righteous, but sinners to repentaunce.