the quotation of Hosea 6:6. Otherwise the texts run very closely parallel, with Matthew smoothing out Mark and omitting a little of his redundancy.6 But the central theme and climax of the pericope remain identical; nothing needs to be modified concerning our conclusions from Mark’s account about Jesus and his partners in table fellowship. The third version of this story in the Synoptic Gospels (Luke 5:27–32) also parallels Mark reasonably carefully. As we have already noted, Luke makes explicit