Matthew 9:9-17
English Standard Version Anglicised
Jesus Calls Matthew
9 (A)As Jesus passed on from there, he saw a man called (B)Matthew sitting at the tax booth, and he said to him, “Follow me.” And he rose and followed him.
10 And as Jesus[a] reclined at table in the house, behold, many (C)tax collectors and sinners came and were reclining with Jesus and his disciples. 11 And when the Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples, (D)“Why does your teacher eat with (E)tax collectors and sinners?” 12 But when he heard it, he said, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. 13 Go and learn (F)what this means, (G)‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.’ For (H)I came not to call the righteous, (I)but sinners.”
A Question About Fasting
14 Then (J)the disciples of John came to him, saying, (K)“Why do we and (L)the Pharisees fast,[b] but your disciples do not fast?” 15 And Jesus said to them, (M)“Can the wedding guests mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? (N)The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and (O)then they will fast. 16 No one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, for the patch tears away from the garment, and a worse tear is made. 17 Neither is new wine put into old (P)wineskins. If it is, the skins burst and the wine is spilled and the skins are destroyed. But new wine is put into fresh wineskins, and so both are preserved.”
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- Matthew 9:10 Greek he
- Matthew 9:14 Some manuscripts add much, or often
Luke 5:27-38
English Standard Version Anglicised
Jesus Calls Levi
27 (A)After this he went out and saw (B)a tax collector named (C)Levi, sitting at the tax booth. And he said to him, “Follow me.” 28 And (D)leaving everything, he rose and followed him.
29 And Levi made him a great feast in his house, and there was a large company (E)of tax collectors and others reclining at table with them. 30 And the Pharisees and (F)their scribes grumbled at his disciples, saying, (G)“Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?” 31 And Jesus answered them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. 32 (H)I have not come to call the righteous (I)but sinners (J)to repentance.”
A Question About Fasting
33 And they said to him, (K)“The disciples of John (L)fast often and (M)offer prayers, (N)and so do the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours eat and drink.” 34 And Jesus said to them, (O)“Can you make wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them? 35 (P)The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and (Q)then they will fast in those days.” 36 He also told them a parable: “No one tears a piece from a new garment and puts it on an old garment. If he does, he will tear the new, and the piece from the new will not match the old. 37 And no one puts new wine into old (R)wineskins. If he does, the new wine will burst the skins and it will be spilled, and the skins will be destroyed. 38 But new wine must be put into fresh wineskins.
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