Mark 2:14-17
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14aAnd as He passed by, He saw 1,bLevi the son of Alphaeus sitting in the tax office, and He *said to him, “cFollow Me!” And he stood up and followed Him.
15And it *1happened that as He was reclining at the table in his house, many tax collectors and 2sinners 3were reclining with Jesus and His disciples. For there were many of them, and they were following Him. 16And when athe scribes of the Pharisees saw that He was eating with the sinners and tax collectors, they were saying to His disciples, “bHe is eating and drinking with tax collectors and 1sinners!” 17And hearing this, Jesus *said to them, “aThose who are healthy do not have need for a physician, but only those who are sick; I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”