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Passage Lookup: Matthew 9:9-13
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Matthew 9:9
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As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax collector's booth. "Follow me," he told him, and Matthew got up and followed him.
Matthew 9:10
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While Jesus was having dinner at Matthew's house, many tax collectors and "sinners" came and ate with him and his disciples.
Matthew 9:11
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When the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples, "Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and 'sinners'?"
Matthew 9:12
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On hearing this, Jesus said, "It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.
Matthew 9:13
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But go and learn what this means: 'I desire mercy, not sacrifice.' For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners."
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