Sunday, August 17, 2008

Mark 2:13-17

When JESUS went out again to the seashore, the multitude followed him, and he taught them. Later, as he was walking along, he saw Levi, the son of Alphaeus, sitting in the tax office. JESUS said to him, "Follow me." Levi rose and followed him. JESUS, his disciples, many tax collectors and sinners, for there were many who were following him, had dinner at Levi's house. When some scribes and Pharisees saw that JESUS was eating with tax collectors and sinners, they asked his disciples, "Why does JESUS eat with tax collectors and sinners?" When JESUS heard this, he said, "Healthy people do not need a physician, but sick people do. I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance."

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