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^(l)As Jesus went on from there, He saw a man called ^(m)Matthew, sitting in the tax collector's booth; and He *said to him, "⁽ⁿ⁾Follow Me!" And he got up and followed Him.

Then it happened that as ^[e]Jesus was reclining at the table in the house, behold, many tax collectors and ^[f]sinners came and were dining with Jesus and His disciples.

When the Pharisees saw this, they said to His disciples, "^(o)Why is your Teacher eating with the tax collectors and sinners?"

But when Jesus heard this, He said, "It is not ^(p)those who are healthy who need a physician, but those who are sick.

But go and learn ^[g](q)what this means: ‘^(r)I desire ^[h] compassion , ^[i] and not sacrifice ,' for ^(s)I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners."