Mark 2:14-17

Levi and Sinners Called

14 ^aAnd as He passed by, He saw ¹^bLevi the son of Alphaeus sitting in the tax office, and He *said to him, “^cFollow Me!” And he stood up and followed Him.
15 And it *¹happened that as He was reclining at the table in his house, many tax collectors and ²sinners ³were reclining with Jesus and His disciples. For there were many of them, and they were following Him. 16 And when ^athe scribes of the Pharisees saw that He was eating with the sinners and tax collectors, they were saying to His disciples, “^bHe is eating and drinking with tax collectors and ¹sinners!” 17 And hearing this, Jesus *said to them, “^aThose who are healthy do not have need for a physician, but only those who are sick; I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

Luke 5:27-32

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Levi and Sinners Called

27 ^aAnd after that He went out and noticed a tax collector named ¹^bLevi sitting in the tax office, and He said to him, “Follow Me.” 28 And he ^aleft everything behind, and rose up and began to follow Him.
29 And ^aLevi gave a big reception for Him in his house; and there was a great crowd of ^btax collectors and other people who were reclining at the table with them. 30 ^aAnd the Pharisees and their scribes began grumbling at His disciples, saying, “Why do you eat and drink with the tax collectors and ¹sinners?” 31 And Jesus answered and said to them, “^aIt is not those who are well who need a physician, but those who are sick. 32 I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.”