01.051. Matthew (Levi’s Call) To Be A Disciple, Gives Jesus A Party, Jesus Gives A Parable
Matthew (Levi’s Call) To Be A Disciple, Gives Jesus A Party, Jesus Gives A Parable (Mark 2:13-22) (Luke 5:27-39) (Matthew 9:9-17) 13And He went out again by the seashore; and all the people were coming to Him, and He was teaching them.
14As He passed by, He saw Levi thesonof Alphaeus sitting in the tax booth, and He said to him, “Follow Me!” And he got up and followed Him.
15And it happened that He was recliningat the tablein 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.16When the scribes of the Pharisees saw that He was eating with the sinners and tax collectors, they said to His disciples, “Why is He eating and drinking with tax collectors and sinners?”17And hearingthis,Jesus said to them, “It isnot those who are healthy who need a physician, but those who are sick; I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
18John’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?”19And 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.20“But the days 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.22“No one puts new wine into old wineskins; otherwise the wine will burst the skins, and the wine is lost and the skinsas well;butone putsnew wine into fresh wineskins.”
27After that He went out and noticed a tax collector named Levi sitting in the tax booth, and He said to him, “Follow Me.”28And he left everything behind, and got up andbeganto follow Him.
29And Levi gave a big reception for Him in his house; and there was a great crowd of tax collectors and otherpeople who were recliningat the tablewith them.30The Pharisees and their scribesbegangrumbling at His disciples, saying, “Why do you eat and drink with the tax collectors and sinners?”31And Jesus answered and said to them, “It isnot 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.”
33And they said to Him, “The disciples of John often fast and offer prayers, thedisciplesof the Pharisees also do the same, but Yours eat and drink.”34And Jesus said to them, “You cannot make the attendants of the bridegroom fast while the bridegroom is with them, can you?35“Butthedays will come; and when the bridegroom is taken away from them, then they will fast in those days.”36And 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.37“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.39“And no one, after drinking oldwine wishes for new; for he says, ‘The old is goodenough.’”
9As Jesus went on from there, He saw a man called Matthew, sitting in the tax collector’s booth; and He said to him, “Follow Me!” And he got up and followed Him.
10Then it happened that as Jesus was recliningat the tablein the house, behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and were dining with Jesus and His disciples.11When the Pharisees sawthis,they said to His disciples, “Why is your Teacher eating with the tax collectors and sinners?”12But when Jesus heardthis,He said, “It isnot those who are healthy who need a physician, but those who are sick.13“But go and learn what this means: ‘IDESIRECOMPASSION,AND NOT SACRIFICE,’ for I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”14Then the disciples of John came to Him, asking, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast, but Your disciples do not fast?”15And Jesus said to them, “The attendants of the bridegroom cannot mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them, can they? But the days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast.16“But no one puts a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; for the patch pulls away from the garment, and a worse tear results.17“Nor dopeopleput new wine into old wineskins; otherwise the wineskins burst, and the wine pours out and the wineskins are ruined; but they put new wine into fresh wineskins, and both are preserved.”