Mark 2:13-17 - Levi Called To Follow Jesus

¹³ And he went out again by the sea; and all the crowd came to him, and he taught them. ¹⁴ And passing by, he saw Levi, him of Alpheus, sitting by the customhouse, and he says to him, Follow me. And having risen, he followed him.

¹⁵ And it was in his reclining at table in his house, and many publicans and sinful reclined together with Jesus and his disciples: for they were many, and they followed him. ¹⁶ And the scribes and Pharisees having seen him eating with publicans and sinful, said to his disciples, Why does he eat and drink with publicans and sinful?

¹⁷ And Jesus having heard, says to them, They being strong have no need of a physician, but those being affected: I came not to call the just, but the sinful to repentance.

²⁷ And after these, he went out, and saw a publican, by name Levi, sitting by the custom-house; and he said to him, Follow me. ²⁸ And having left all, having risen, he followed him.

²⁹ And Levi made a great entertainment for him in his house: and there was a great crowd of publicans and others who were sitting down with them. ³⁰ And the scribes and Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, Wherefore eat and drink ye with publicans and sinful?

³¹ And Jesus, having answered, said to them, Those being in good health have no need of a physician; but they being ill ³² I came not to call the just, but the sinful to repentance.