9 ⁹ AS HE PASSED ON from there Jesus saw a man named Matthew at his seat in the custom-house; and he said to him, 'Follow me.' And Matthew rose and followed him.

9 ¹⁰ When Jesus was at table in the house, many bad characters—tax-gatherers and others—were seated with him and his disciples. 9 ¹¹ The Pharisees noticed this, and said to his disciples, 'Why is it that your master eats with tax-gatherers and sinners?' 9 ¹² Jesus heard them and said, 'It is not the healthy that need a doctor, but the sick. 9 ^{13 [ Hs.6.6. ]} Go and learn what that text means, "I require mercy, not sacrifice." I did not come to invite virtuous people, but sinners.'