Mark 2:15-17
2:15 As Jesus
was having a meal
in Levi’s
home, many tax collectors
and sinners were eating with Jesus and his disciples, for there were many who followed him.
2:16 When the experts in the law
and the Pharisees
saw that he was eating with sinners and tax collectors, they said to his disciples, “Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
2:17 When Jesus heard this he said to them, “Those who are healthy don’t need a physician, but those who are sick do.
I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
Luke 5:29-32
5:29 Then Levi gave a great banquet in his house for Jesus, and there was a large crowd of tax collectors and others sitting at the table with them.
5:30 But the Pharisees and their experts in the law complained to his disciples, saying, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”
5:31 Jesus answered them, “Those who are well don’t need a physician, but those who are sick do.
5:32 I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”