Graphic Bible · Scene 3 of 10
Matthew 9:9-13
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Forgiveness, Faith, and Compassion · Matthew 9
Story guide: Matthew rises from the booth, and Jesus receives tax collectors and sinners at the table.
Open this scene in the reader →9And as Jesus was passing on from there, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax booth, and he says to him, “Follow me.” And he rose and followed him.
10And as he was reclining at table in the house, behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and were reclining at table with Jesus and his disciples.
11And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
12But when he heard it, he said, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick do.”
13But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy and not sacrifice.’ For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.
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