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

¹³ And He came out again by the sea; and the whole multitude came to Him, and He was teaching them. ¹⁴ And passing along, he saw Levi, the son of Alpheus sitting at the toll, and says to him, Follow me. And rising up, he followed Him.

¹⁵ And it came to pass, while He was sitting at the table in his house, and many publicans and sinners were sitting along with Jesus and his disciples: for they were many, and they followed Him. ¹⁶ And the scribes and Pharisees, seeing Him eating with the publicans and sinners, were saying to His disciples, Why does He eat and drink with publicans and sinners?

¹⁷ Jesus hearing, says to them, They that are whole have no need of a physician, but they that are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

²⁷ And after these things He came out, and saw a publican, by name Levi, sitting at the toll, and He said to him, Follow me. ²⁸ And having left all things, rising up, he followed Him.

²⁹ And Levi made a great feast for Him in his own house: and there was a great multitude of publicans and others who were sitting along with Him. ³⁰ And their scribes and the Pharisees were murmuring to His disciples, saying, Wherefore do you eat and drink with publicans and, sinners?

³¹ And Jesus responding said to them, They that are whole have not need of a physician, but they that are sick; ³² I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.