9:9 As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax booth. 1 “Follow me,” he said to him. And he got up and followed him. 9:10 As 2 Jesus 3 was having a meal 4 in Matthew’s 5 house, many tax collectors 6 and sinners came and ate with Jesus and his disciples. 9:11 When the Pharisees 7 saw this they said to his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?” 8 9:12 When 9 Jesus heard this he said, “Those who are healthy don’t need a physician, but those who are sick do. 10 9:13 Go and learn what this saying means: ‘I want mercy and not sacrifice.’ 11 For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
9:14 Then John’s 12 disciples came to Jesus 13 and asked, “Why do we and the Pharisees 14 fast often, 15 but your disciples don’t fast?” 9:15 Jesus said to them, “The wedding guests 16 cannot mourn while the bridegroom 17 is with them, can they? But the days 18 are coming when the bridegroom will be taken from them, 19 and then they will fast.