⁹As Jesus went on from there, ^hHe saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax office, and He said to him, “Follow Me!” So he got up and followed Him. ⁱ

¹⁰While He was reclining at the table in the house, many tax collectors and sinners came as guests to eat ^jwith Jesus and His disciples. ^k¹¹When the Pharisees saw this, they asked His disciples, “Why does your Teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?” ^l

¹²But when He heard this, He said, “Those who are well don’t need a doctor, but the sick do. ^m¹³Go and learn what this means: I desire mercy and not sacrifice. ⁿ^oFor I didn’t come to call the righteous, but sinners.” ^p

A Question about Fasting

¹⁴Then John’s disciples came to Him, saying, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but Your disciples do not fast?” ^q

¹⁵Jesus said to them, “Can the wedding guests ^rbe sad while the groom is with them? The time ^swill come when the groom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast. ¹⁶No one patches an old garment with unshrunk cloth, because the patch pulls away from the garment and makes the tear worse. ¹⁷And no one puts ^tnew wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the skins burst, the wine spills out, and the skins are ruined. But they put new wine into fresh wineskins, and both are preserved.”

Read in Logos

Matthew 9:13: “Go and learn what this means, ‛I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.’ For I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.”

Footnotes

j9:10 came, they were reclining (at the table); at important meals the custom was to recline on a mat at a low table and lean on the left elbow.
p9:13 Other add to repentance
r9:15 the sons of the bridal chamber
s9:15 days
t9:17 And they do not put

Cross references

h9:9–17 Mk 2:14–22; Lk 5:27–38
i9:9 Mt 10:3; Mk 2:14; 3:18; Lk 6:15; Ac 1:13
k9:10 Mt 10:42; 28:19; Lk 14:26; Jn 8:31; 13:35; 15:8; Ac 6:1
l9:11 Mt 11:19; Lk 5:30; 15:2; Gl 2:15
m9:12 Mk 2:17; Lk 5:31
n9:13 Hs 6:6; Mc 6:6–8; Mt 12:7
o9:13 Hs 6:6
q9:14 Mt 11:2; 14:12; 15:2; Lk 11:1; 18:12