Matthew 9:9 References
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aAs Jesus went on from there, He saw a man called bMatthew, sitting in the tax collector's booth; and He said to him, "cFollow Me!" And he got up and followed Him.
a Mark 2:14-22, Luke 5:27-38
Mark 2
14
aAs He passed by, He saw bLevi the son of Alphaeus sitting in the tax booth, and He said to him, "cFollow Me!" And he got up and followed Him.
15
And it happened that He was reclining at the table in his house, and many tax collectors and sinners were dining with Jesus and His disciples; for there were many of them, and they were following Him.
16
When athe scribes of the Pharisees saw that He was eating with the sinners and tax collectors, they said to His disciples, "bWhy is He eating and drinking with tax collectors and sinners?"
17
And hearing this, Jesus said to them, "aIt is not those who are healthy who need a physician, but those who are sick; I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners."
18
aJohn's disciples and the Pharisees were fasting; and they came and said to Him, "Why do John's disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but Your disciples do not fast?"
19
And Jesus said to them, "While the bridegroom is with them, the attendants of the bridegroom cannot fast, can they? So long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.
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"But the adays will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast in that day.
21
"No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; otherwise the patch pulls away from it, the new from the old, and a worse tear results.
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"No one puts new wine into old wineskins; otherwise the wine will burst the skins, and the wine is lost and the skins as well; but one puts new wine into fresh wineskins."
Luke 5
27
aAfter that He went out and noticed a tax collector named bLevi sitting in the tax booth, and He said to him, "Follow Me."
29
And aLevi gave a big reception for Him in his house; and there was a great crowd of btax collectors and other people who were reclining at the table with them.
30
aThe Pharisees and their scribes began grumbling at His disciples, saying, "Why do you eat and drink with the tax collectors and sinners?"
31
And Jesus answered and said to them, "aIt is not those who are well who need a physician, but those who are sick.
32
"I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance."
33
And they said to Him, "aThe disciples of John often fast and offer prayers, the disciples of the Pharisees also do the same, but Yours eat and drink."
34
And Jesus said to them, "You cannot make the attendants of the bridegroom fast while the bridegroom is with them, can you?
35
"aBut the days will come; and when the bridegroom is taken away from them, then they will fast in those days."
36
And He was also telling them a parable: "No one tears a piece of cloth from a new garment and puts it on an old garment; otherwise he will both tear the new, and the piece from the new will not match the old.
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"And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; otherwise the new wine will burst the skins and it will be spilled out, and the skins will be ruined.
38
"But new wine must be put into fresh wineskins.