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

¹³ And he went out again by the seaside; and all the people came to him, and he gave them teaching. ¹⁴ And when he went by, he saw Levi, the son of Alphaeus, seated at the place where taxes were taken, and he said to him, Come with me. And he got up, and went with him.

¹⁵ And it came about that he was seated at meat in his house, and a number of tax-farmers and sinners were at table with Jesus and his disciples: for there were a great number of them, and they came after him. ¹⁶ And the scribes of the Pharisees, when they saw that he was taking food with the tax-farmers and sinners, said to his disciples, Why does he take food and drink with such men?

¹⁷ And Jesus, hearing it, said to them, Those who are well have no need of a medical man, but those who are ill: I have come not to get the upright but sinners.

²⁷ And after these things he went out, and saw Levi, a tax-farmer, seated at the place where taxes were taken, and said to him, Come after me. ²⁸ And giving up his business, he got up and went after him.

²⁹ And Levi made a great feast for him in his house: and a great number of tax-farmers and others were seated at table with them. ³⁰ And the Pharisees and their scribes made protests against his disciples, saying, Why do you take food and drink with tax-farmers and sinners?

³¹ And Jesus, answering, said to them, Those who are well have no need of a medical man, but those who are ill. ³² I have come, not to get the upright, but sinners, so that they may be turned from their sins.