Matthew 9:9-13 - Matthew Called To Follow Jesus
9 As Jesus went along, he saw a man, called Matthew, sitting in the tax-office, and said to him: "Follow me." Matthew got up and followed him.
10 And, later on, when he was at table in the house, a number of tax-gatherers and outcasts came in and took their places at table with Jesus and his disciples. 11 When the Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples: "Why does your Teacher eat in the company of tax-gatherers and outcasts?"
12 On hearing this, Jesus said: "It is not those who are in health that need a doctor, but those who are ill. 13 Go and learn what this means--'I desire mercy, and not sacrifice'; for I did not come to call the religious, but the outcast."