^{27 Ref} After these things he went out, and saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the tax office, and said to him, "Follow me!"

^{28 Ref} He left everything, and rose up and followed him.

^{29 Ref} Levi made a great feast for him in his house. There was a great crowd of tax collectors and others who were reclining with them.

^{30 Ref} Their scribes and the Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, "Why do you eat and drink with the tax collectors and sinners?"

^{31 Ref} Jesus answered them, "Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but those who are sick do.

^{32 Ref} I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance."