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After these things He went out and saw a tax collector named Levi, sitting at the tax office. And He said to him, "Follow Me."

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So he left all, rose up, and followed Him.

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Then Levi gave Him a great feast in his own house. And there were a great number of tax collectors and others who sat down with them.

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And their scribes and the Pharisees complained against His disciples, saying, "Why do You eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?"

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Jesus answered and said to them, "Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick.

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I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.