Matthew 9:9–17

^9gAnd as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named ^ggMatthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him. ¹⁰And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in the house, behold, ^hmany publicans and sinners came and sat down with him and his disciples. ¹¹And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your Master ⁱwith publicans and sinners? ¹²But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick. ¹³But go ye and learn ^jwhat that meaneth, ^kI will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, ^lbut sinners to repentance.

^14mThen came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees ⁿfast oft, but thy disciples fast not? ¹⁵And Jesus said unto them, ^oCan ^pthe children of the ^ppbridechamber mourn, as long as the ^qbridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and ^qqthen shall they fast. ¹⁶No man putteth a piece of ^||new cloth unto an old garment, for that which is put in to fill it up taketh from the garment, and the rent is made worse. ¹⁷Neither do men put new wine into old bottles: else ^rthe bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish: but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved.